'Hound Dog' took like twelve minutes. That's not a complicated piece of work. But the rhyme scheme was difficult. Also the metric structure of the music was not easy. 'Kansas City' was maybe eight minutes, if that. Writing the early blues was spontaneous. You can hear the energy in the work.
“It took me a few years to realize that throwing harder wasn't always better.”
“I didn't want to be a dancer. I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an athlete and gymnast, so it came naturally.”