"To be a songwriter-singer means the songs come from deep within, and you treat them as an artist, wi..." — Roy Orbison

You wiggle to the left, you wiggle to the right, you do the Ooby Dooby with all your might.

Barbara and I wanted to do a television special, and she put it together with T Bone Burnett, and they came up with the idea of it being black and white. It was fabulous; we had a great time. It was wonderful.

I got a woman that's mean as she can be, sometimes I think she's almost as mean as me.

I got my group together when I was about thirteen. We had a local radio show, and then we started touring for the principal of the high school - he was in the Lions Club, and so we were the entertainment.