Occupation: Singer-Songwriter Birth: June 17, 1943
I believe that we are who we choose to be. Nobody is going to come and save you. You've got to save yourself. Nobody is going to give you anything. Y….
I didn't want to be treated like a 'star.' I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude..
I think the people who are out there for fame get themselves in a lot of trouble..
Every few years, I go back into all the songs and I update them so that it never sounds like an oldies show. If you come to the shows, they're full o….
I couldn't bear the road anymore. I'm sure that a lot of people who have been on the road a long time will say the same thing. After a while, waiting….
Yeah, I'm old as the hills and you would think I'd be out to pasture someplace because I've done everything, but nothing has changed..
I believe in my writing..
My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties..
I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life..
'If I Should Love Again' - I was just so impressed with myself writing something like that. It wasn't a single and people didn't really know about it….
First of all, I've been having a wonderful run of luck with cover albums, songs I didn't write. I had five pop cover albums and two Christmas albums,….
I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn't crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven ….
The melody seems to have gone to the country. The country music seems to still have melody and interesting lyrics. But pop music, you've got to reall….
I love any opportunity I have to make music..
You say something stupid and the next morning you're in the headlines..
QVC has been very good to me..
We've made mistakes, But we've made good friends too. Remember all the nights we spent with them? And all our plans, Who says they can't come….
I was always into the music. Music, in general, saved my life. But the fame part... I would look up, see what was going on around me, the reporters a….
I keep reading about people who want to be famous - it's not that they want to be great songwriters or great actors, they want to be celebrities. Tha….
Fame is always a shock to the system; there's no school to go to, there are no books to read, and when it hits you, it's a surprise. You could be wor….
I come from nowhere Brooklyn, New York. Williamsburg, Brooklyn. These days Williamsburg is kind of a hip area, but when I grew up there, the taxi dri….