Canada is the only country founded on the relentless pursuit of the rodent.
Stage performing is a dying art form.
It doesn't pay to try, all the smart girls know why.
I love Ruth Brown, not just her singing, but Ruth Brown has more girl power than anyone, because she fought hard against people who ripped her off and then helped other artists through the Rhythm and Blues Foundation.
I used to cry myself to sleep every night. I missed singing so much. And performing. Man, I missed it so much.
No one has their own identity like the Ronettes did back in the day.
Back 20 years ago, I was recording with Bruce Springsteen, and his producer called me and said I had to be in the studio the next day to finish the sessions, and I couldn't. I had to be in court, in California. All this took like 10 years out of my life.
It is just the little touches after the average man would quit that make the master's fame.
As a matter of fact, although we had some terrible challenges and temptations when I was in office, we never dropped a bomb. . . we never launched a missile. . . and we never fired a bullet. I think that one of the main requirements for a strong military, like a strong submarine force, is to prevent war, not to cause war.
At the age of 12 my ambition was to become a gangster. To be a wiseguy. Being a wiseguy was better than being President of the United States. To be a wiseguy was to own the world.
You lose nothing when fighting for a cause. . . In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about.