Showing 10 of 44 quotes
I'm a take-me-as-l-am person, and all the rest is water under the bridge. You can't change yesterday any more than you can predict what's gonna happen tomorrow. ”
I can think of only two or three songs out of hundreds I've recorded that I performed as originally written. I like to become intimate with the material and change it to suit me. ”
I've been through a lot of changes. ”
I was very candid in my book because I want people to know the truth... and that people can change for the better. ”
That's what we grew up with - the good songs, the good lyrics, the good big-band stuff. I miss that era. ”
I listened to a battery radio, old country and pop stuff. Because I was singing all the time, my dad bought me a $7.50 guitar. ”
I spent some time in Hell. ”
Some people have said that I can 'hear' a hit song, meaning that I can tell the first time a song is played for me if it has potential. I have been able to hear some of the hits that way, but I can also 'feel' one. ”
God's law is God's law, period. Teach your children that. ”
Ah, the Wrecking Crew! They played on everything that came out of L.A. Oh, that was a good band. You really enjoyed going to work. You played for everyone; it didn't matter what it was. ”