I was smart, to tell you the truth. I'm not really bright, but I'm not stupid.

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Nobody really thought I was going to make it, because I was a musician. I really wasn't a singer.

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I had been on tour with people like Roy Orbison. I knew Bobby Darin, Sam Cooke. So many great performers.

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It's just different today. Nobody seems to last too long these days. I wouldn't know how to get started today.

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To me, there was nothing greater than to play for an audience and to entertain people and that has stayed with me all these years.

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Unfortunately, a lot of people are stupid. They take drugs. They get drunk and do all the wrong things in life. I just played it straight.

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All my songs were solo voices. Just me singing. In fact, that was the gimmick - no gimmick. Just singing straight with not too much background.

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Everybody goes through a stage where you have it. And, all of a sudden, you don't have it anymore. You get older and the audience gets younger.

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I played Big Band jazz music. I wasn't into rock and roll. I was just there because it was a living. I surprised everyone. I'm still surprising people.

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Sammy Davis, I backed him up. I used to study him every night. I saw how great performers worked and was able to incorporate a little bit from the best.

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