I have eighteen titles in the German language. I had a number one song in 1965.

You could hear a song, and if you didn't like it, well, you didn't listen to it.

I thought it was a very cute song. I just picked them out because I liked them. I wasn't trying to make any statements.

You could have a hit in California that no one had heard of in Oklahoma.

On that show, I did country and some rock, too, whatever record I had out at the time, I'd sing that.

Sturm und Drang?”

“Ah…I see that I’ll have to introduce you to the finer points of German literature. It means passionate turmoil—literally translated, ‘storm and stress.’