It doesn't take me long to write songs.

It would probably take me an hour to two to write it down, get the feel of it, and that's with quite a few changes. It's not really a hard thing for me to do.

Yeah. I'm amateurish. I can play enough to write a song, or strum on a little guitar to write out a song. But, I don't play well at all. I wouldn't even attempt for a second to play in public.

It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing.

Of course, the kids who had never heard of a person called Ben E. King were then aware of the name associated with the song. That gave a tremendous lift to me as an artist.

I do songs with them I wouldn't even try with other guys. Curtis reminds me how the lyrics go if I forget and I think John has a tape recorder between his ears. They know my stuff better than anybody else. They make me work!