But, we didn't have all the media that we do today.
I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.
I learned so much about recording and about singing on records from Ken Nelson.
I have some of the old videos of my performances on it.
I have eighteen titles in the German language. I had a number one song in 1965.
I enjoyed listening to it, but I didn't think I could do it.
And it wasn't until '84 when I was first asked to come to Sweden and do an album and concert tour.
Getting comments like that from even the young people at the shows who probably aren't singers, the girls who just tell me that I'm an inspiration to them, for one reason or another.
As I go back and listen, the other girls weren't singing quite like I was.
If something pops in my mind and it's easy, I write it.
I didn't realize how many true Rockabilly fans there were here in America.
You know, no one steered people's careers in those days, I don't think, like they do today.
I loved Carl Perkins, Jerry lee Lewis... not only were they personal friends.
It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.
There wasn't so many ISSUES like there are today. It was a simpler time.