Roy Orbison

My dad was an auto mechanic, but we moved to Fort Worth, where he worked in defense, building B-24s.

You wiggle to the left, you wiggle to the right, you do the Ooby Dooby with all your might.

Looking back on it now, I felt that I was blessed much like the masters, I guess - the guys who wrote the concertos.

I started using sunglasses in Alabama. I was going to do a show with Patsy Cline and Bobby Vee, and I left my clear glasses on the plane. I only had the sunshades, and I was quite embarrassed to go onstage with them, but I did it.

It's a gift, and a blessing, just to have a voice. And I'm proud that people do appreciate it, you know?

I got a woman that's mean as she can be, sometimes I think she's almost as mean as me.

I've really learned a lot, really learned a lot, love is like a stove, burns you when it's hot.

Love hurts, love scars, love wounds, and mars.

My voice is a gift. My talent is a gift. The life process is a gift. The opportunity for the journey is a gift.

I may be a living legend, but that sure don't help when I've got to change a flat tire.

I close my eyes, then I drift away, into the magic night I softly say. A silent prayer, like dreamers do, then I fall asleep to dream my dreams of you.

Every once in awhile, the world will push up an Elvis Presley or a Beatles. But that's really outside the realm of show business.