Dare To Wear The Foolish Clown Face.

Should Have A Ph.d. On The Subject Of Women. Anyhow The Fact Of The Matter Is I've Failed Usually. I'm Exceptionally Enamored With Women; I Respect Them. Yet, In The Same Way As All Men, I Don't Comprehend Them.

Rock 'n Roll Smells Phony And False. It Is Sung, Played And Written For The Most Part By Cretinous Goons And By Means Of Its Almost Imbecilic Reiteration And Sly, Lewd, In Plain Fact, Dirty Lyrics ... Manages To Be The Martial Music Of Every Side-burned Delinquent On The Face Of The Earth.

The Thing That Influenced Me Most Was The Way Tommy Played His Trombone. It Was My Idea To Make My Voice Work In The Same Way As A Trombone Or Violin-not Sounding Like Them, But "playing" The Voice Like Those Instrumentalists.

I Said To Mr. Pavarotti Once ... A Marvelous Man And A Great Artist ... I Said To Him ... "maestro, I'm Having Trouble Closing Out A Note So That It's Almost As Thin As A Butter Knife ... Finish It Out Quietly Like That." I Said, "i Have Trouble Doing That. What Do You Think I Should Do?" He Said, "justa Close Up Your Mouth." That's All He Said, And I Fell On The Floor. I Thought He Was Gonna Give Me A Dissertation.

When I Sing, I Believe. I'm Honest. If You Want To Get An Audience With You, There's Only One Way. You Have To Reach Out To Them With Total Honesty And Humility.