Gene Kelly was a great dancer and I was lucky to be in 'Singin' in the Rain. ' He was my teacher when I was 17 years old, when he was 37 years old. He taught me everything.
I had knockback after knockback before I got anywhere. After I got my first record deal I thought that was it, then Gut Records went into liquidation. I was 20. I had no idea what that meant. I had a few days to get myself out of that contract or my work would be owned by someone else.