jimmyt into clivve, was like a duck, it rolled off his back. i took it in here and it made me mad. clive davis said to jim, "do you ever listen to rock-and- roll?" he said you are like ethel merman, i think she is fine. they said, you are like robert goulet, that made me mad. i was down, it was 530 in the afternoon at broadway and 57th and i am standing in the middle of broadway, not on the sidewalk, in the middle of the street, screaming at the top of my lungs. i cannot repeat the language. just -- cabs are honking at me, and i am slapping the cab, going leave me alone. i am screaming at clive davis, after calling me ethel merman and robert goulet. they asked him if he had one h regret and he said yes, not signing meat loaf. tavis: how did you develop that style, rock opera? in 1972, i was put in " as you like it." >> the most money i had made with $6,500. and i had these patrons of the opera. come to me and offered me $60,000 a year to study for five years and make my debut at the met. i am a tenor, which means i sing as high as a tenor, it does not sound like it. that is all thi