'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.
“President Bush has said that the economy is growing, that there are jobs out there. But you know, it's a long commute to China to get those jobs.”
“The box got bigger, the outside, the buildings. And all that we were doing. I had to raise about $1 million every two days just to stay alive.”