A heavenly awe overshadowed and encompassed, as it still ought, and must, all earthly business whatsoever.
The large venue gives me the thrill that comes from the power in numbers.
After I found April Barrows, I felt I had found a soul mate. Her stuff is exactly what I was looking for.
For some reason, the concept of writing with swing chords was intimidating.
I have been fortunate enough to record several singles and a whole album with Chet Atkins.
I think somewhere in the back of my mind I've always wanted to make a whole swing album.
I've always loved to sing.
I want people to see the truth.
The only answer that has any chance against against the information saturation kids face these days is to talk openly with kids, early enough and often enough and unflinchingly enough that you set the precedent of being the safe place they can go to ask their difficult questions. It has to happen starting when they're 2 or 3, and they ask you where babies come from and instead of freaking out and deflecting, you give facts commensurate with their ability to understand.
I'm in the saddle every day playing a screwball. And then somebody comes along and says, "How would you like to go to Italy and Spain and do an ItalianSpanishGerman co-production with an Italian director who's only directed one movie?" It wasn't like I was going there to be with Federico Fellini. But something was there, and I thought, Well, I loved this story when it was told by Akira Kurosawa; maybe this is a good idea. That's an instinctive moment. A Fistful of Dollars was made.
The many faces of intimacy: the Victorians could experience it through correspondence, but not through cohabitation; contemporary men and women can experience it through fornication, but not through friendship.