There was nothing about Bobby I didn’t like… I guess I never understood why he took a left-hand turn when real success came. We got along better from 1990 until his death in 2003. I had accepted him for who he was. Bill Medley Read Quote
I know there are a lot of tough stories out there about Sinatra, but he was so sweet to Bobby and me. He even had us replace him one night in the main room. He didn’t get Sammy or Dean; he said, ‘I want the kids to do it.’ Man, what an honor. Bill Medley Read Quote
When you have the biggest record in the country, everybody wants you; everybody needs you, and they need you now. Bill Medley Read Quote
Throughout our career, people thought Bobby and I disliked each other. That’s not true, but our relationship was very complicated. We were like brothers – and brothers don’t always see eye to eye. Bill Medley Read Quote
The friendship I had with Elvis began to take shape in 1968 when I was recording in Memphis. I’d record during the day, and Elvis would send one of his guys over to bring me to Graceland at night. Everything you’ve heard about Graceland during Elvis’s glory days is true and then some. Bill Medley Read Quote
Elvis was a great guy. We’d just horse around together or go to see a movie. He drove me around Graceland in a golf cart. He was a fan of our music and was curious about how I sounded so black. Bill Medley Read Quote
It was so odd to have young kids singing ‘Lovin’ Feelin’ because they knew it from ‘Top Gun.’ Bill Medley Read Quote
It’s the audiences that inspire me to keep going. I feel that we all grew up together. The majority now are the people who were raised on the music in the Sixties. Bill Medley Read Quote
We were so busy that right before we recorded the follow-up single to ‘Lovin’ Feelin’ I had a nervous breakdown. I just folded. I had to stay in bed for a couple of months and rest. Bill Medley Read Quote
For Bobby and I to sing R&B and sound black was probably the stupidest thing we could do. White radio stations wouldn’t play us because they thought we were black. Black stations wouldn’t play us because they thought we were white. Any time you break ground, you go against the grain. Bill Medley Read Quote
