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Country Music Was A Part Of My Life. Now It Isn't. We Had A Good Relationship, Really, But We Wanted Each Other At Arm's Length. The People In Nashville Didn't Want To Be Responsible For My Looks Or My Actions. But They Sure Did Like The Listeners I Brought.

I'm A Singer And As Long As I Can Sing - Which, Thank God, Is Something That I Still Seem To Be Able To Do - I'd Like To Carry On Making Records.

I Feel Like At 50 I've Decided To Become A Rock Star, Which Is, You Know, Typical Of Me. I Always Seem To Work Backwards.

I Certainly Fall In Love With Artists. I Think That's Probably The Aspiration Of An Artist, To Make A Listener Empathize So Deeply That They Do Fall In Love With You.

You Have To Respect Your Audience. Without Them, You're Essentially Standing Alone, Singing To Yourself.