Listening to Nat Cole prompted me to sing sentimental songs with distinct diction.

That's all there was in our house: poetry and choir rehearsal and duets and so forth; I listened to Dad and Mother discuss things about poetry and delivery and voice and diction - I don't think anyone could know how much it really means.

I added and deleted according to the audiences' response to different gestures, and chose songs to build an act that would constantly stimulate my audience.

Rock's so good to me. Rock is my child and my grandfather.

There has been a great laziness in my soul. Lots of days I could write songs, but I could also take my $400 and play the slot machines at the riverfront casino.

We name all the songs by listening to what it sounds like (and coming up with something). We have lots of songs and lots of names.