"I do like what Alicia Keys and John Legend are doing. With their music, you keep your clothes on."

Music, Clothes

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"I do like what Alicia Keys and John Legend are doing. With their music, you keep your clothes on."

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"I do a lot of Vegas work and work with the comedians."

Work

"The movie is actually from a book by Stephen King called The Body. When they were gonna put it to a motion picture, they found the story was a bit too strong for the title The Body, based on a young kid's movie. It would be too heavy."

Body

"We were doing things with a hundred per cent feeling. It wasn't programmed. It wasn't asked for. It wasn't structured. It was just there. It was very raw. I don't think the industry would allow that to happen again."

Feelings

"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."

Fun

"One of the members of the group, I can't remember which one, found out we were making $3 - $5,000 a night. We were getting a hundred dollars a week a piece. Everybody got upset about it."

Night

"I still think my whole career was accidental. I didn't pursue it. I feel like I'm cheating sometimes."

Career

"At that time, we were in charge. We didn't ask. We just did. We just did what was in our heart."

Time

"It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing."

Life

"Many times I've gone on tours with Paul Anka. He would have someone sitting behind him to keep people from even talking to him. You were almost in a little restricted area there."

People

"And, because there was an honesty about all that was going on. It connected with the people in the street."

People