Morrissey wrote a really gorgeous song for me. I'm crazy for that man. And he thinks I'm hip!

Morrissey wrote to me and said, I have a song for you and if we release it as a single, you'll be on the charts for the first time since 1972, I said, what time, where?

Then all of a sudden, Quentin Tarantino comes along and puts a song from 40 years ago in one of his films and they've suddenly discovered you. That was a real gift that Quentin gave me.

The one hit song that I have tremendous gratitude for is Boots, because it has a life of its own. It's like being identified with a brand name.

Dad really had little to do with the songs, except to perform them.

I was successful with mediocre material because of a good recording voice that people really liked at that time.