I'm still learnin'. I pick up something from every performer I watch.
And it wasn't until '84 when I was first asked to come to Sweden and do an album and concert tour.
If something pops in my mind and it's easy, I write it.
I have eighteen titles in the German language. I had a number one song in 1965.
If I needed to record, I'd head to the coast or Nashville, one or the other.
I learned so much about recording and about singing on records from Ken Nelson.
Well, I didn't really have a plan. I just wanted a hit.
I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.
They're dressing like in the 50's when they come out to the shows, and many of them have vintage cars.
I loved Carl Perkins, Jerry lee Lewis... Not only were they personal friends.
But, we didn't have all the media that we do today.
There wasn't so many ISSUES like there are today. It was a simpler time.
It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.
I have some of the old videos of my performances on it.
On that show, I did country and some rock, too, whatever record I had out at the time, I'd sing that.
Right, different generations come along, and discover the music, I think.
So, it's nice to know that you've inspired someone to do their life's work.
Yeah, they let me do whatever I wanted to.
You could have a hit in California that no one had heard of in Oklahoma.
You know, no one steered people's careers in those days, I don't think, like they do today.
