My dad was an auto mechanic, but we moved to Fort Worth, where he worked in defense, building B-24s.
Barbara and I wanted to do a television special, and she put it together with T Bone Burnett, and they came up with the idea of it being black and white. It was fabulous; we had a great time. It was wonderful.
I was stuck with the dark glasses. They took all these pictures that went around the world. I guess once you become successful, you don't want to change anything too drastically.
I close my eyes, then I drift away, into the magic night I softly say. A silent prayer, like dreamers do, then I fall asleep to dream my dreams of you.
Every once in awhile, the world will push up an Elvis Presley or a Beatles. But that's really outside the realm of show business.
We used to say, 'I don't wanna be jumping around and going crazy when I'm thirty,' you know? Even Mick Jagger said, 'Well, I can't see myself at forty jumping around.' Well, here we are, you know?
I always felt each instrumental and vocal inflection had to be special... I'd spend almost as much time on those as I'd spend on the song itself.
If you have faith, then your whole life is put in a new perspective. You get to work but enjoy the work at the same time. If you grow spiritually, you do what's in front of you and let the results speak for themselves.
Pretty woman, I don't believe you, you're not the truth. No one could look as good as you, mercy.
I've really learned a lot, really learned a lot, love is like a stove, burns you when it's hot.
I may be a living legend, but that sure don't help when I've got to change a flat tire.
You wiggle to the left, you wiggle to the right, you do the Ooby Dooby with all your might.
