It's taken me to be an older guy, an old man, to have an old man's voice. Because I only liked old men's voices. As a kid, I didn't like pip-squeaked singers.

When I first heard [Elvis Presley's] voice I just knew that I wasn't going to work for anybody; and nobody was going to be my boss. Hearing him for the first time was like busting out of jail.

What you must understand is that my voice comes from the energy of the audience. The better they are, the better I get.

After about three lessons [my] voice teacher said, "Don't take voice lessons. Do it your way. You're a song stylist. Always do it your way."

I stopped smoking. When I stopped smoking, my voice changed... so drastically, I couldn't believe it myself.

None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.