i don't know. it was kind of euphonious, you know? harvey: "rolling stone" has called you, justifiably, one of the great singer-songwriters of all time. didn't start out easy for you, though, did it? willie: the scale of what i considered success was i was very successful when i first made some money playing a guitar that i didn't have to go pick ( bleep ) cotton for. so i finally had a way to get around that. and it was the guitar. so, hello, you know? the record executives were not initially crazy about your voice, were they? i don't know. i had heard that. i don't know. i'm just-- they didn't tell me that. they didn't tell you. ♪ i can't tell you what to do ♪ ♪ but she's not for you ♪ she's not for you yeah, i think my phrasing was a little scary for a lot of the people out there who really didn't understand. and sinatra being my favorite singer, his phrasing was fantastic. and i'm sure a lot of that is i listened to his songs over the years. i'm sure i picked up a lot of his...