I like to sing ballads the way Eddie Fisher does and the way Perry Como does. But the way I'm singing now is what makes the money.

When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream.

Later on they send me to Hollywood. To make movies. It was all new to me. I was only 21 years old.

The next thing I knew, I was out of the service and making movies again. My first picture was called, GI Blues. I thought I was still in the army.

I sure lost my musical direction in Hollywood. My songs were the same conveyer belt mass production, just like most of my movies were.