It Doesn't Take Me Long To Write

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.

When I Got Involved With The Five Crowns Who Later Became The Drifters, And We Got This Hit Record, I Still Was Looking At This As Kind Of A Fun Thing.

I Still Perform It In All My Shows. I'll Do It As Long As I'm Breathing. I'm So Proud It Has Stood The Test Of Time.

You're Writing It Is How You Feel. And When You're Finished You Put Your Signature On It And You Mail It Off And That's It. And That's How "stand By Me" Was Really.

During Those Times Like In My Early Years As A Writer I Could Actually Write A Song In Ten Minutes Because All Of A Sudden A Song Is Writing Itself, I'm Just Putting Down Words. It Just Seem Each Line That You Put Down Flows With The Other Ones. It's Like Writing A Love Letter You Don't Think About It, It's Something From The Heart.