Fifteen million singles have my name on them -- three million albums. I'd like to say the records sold because they were great and I was a great singer, but in all honesty I was merely good as a pop writer, only acceptable as a singer. Whatever makes a commercial singer, I had it. And it was never that I sounded so good. As far as I can figure, it had something to do with believability and simplicity. I mean, here was this guy singing what other people were thinking. It was simple stuff: no hidden meanings, no fancy workups, no musical advancements. Then again, possibly there was something there that was bigger than I've given credit to. I can't put my finger on it.