I'm Used To Hearing Myself.

I'm Used To Hearing Myself. My Own Voice.

My View Is That You Cannot Close Your Mind And Say I Don't Want To Listen To This Or That. Because If You Can't Appreciate The Bad For Being Bad, You Can't Appreciate The Good. If You Turn A Deaf Ear To Everything But One Style, Pretty Soon It's Not Going To Work Out.

I Just Went To Harvard A Little While, Because I Graduated From Armstrong High School In Washington And Then I Went Up There But I Didn't Stay That Long Because I Went Into Show Business.

Bud Johnson, God Rest His Soul Of Fame, A Tenor Saxophonist. Bud Was Always A Big, Big, Big Booster Of Mine And He Always When I First Met Bud In Pittsburgh When He Came Through There, He Heard Me Sing And He Wanted Me To Come To Chicago.

I Think A Song That's Got Something To Say. I'm Not Much On Gimmicks. I Never Have Been Because They Don't Last. But I Like A Song That Tells A Story And Has Some Meat To It, You Know, That Means Something.