you would have thought that i was george gershwin. my mom told people that she did not even know. got the phone book and started calling people. i always try to write songs. jackie wilson was my no. 1 singing idol. i always look to see who wrote the music. i knew about berry gordy. we go to this audition for jackie wilson's managers. we saw in the five songs that i had written and said of something that is currently popular. this young guy was sitting in the corner. i was 16 at the time. he was waiting to audition. they rejected us and we went out and we were totally down. he came up behind us. he said, hold on. he said, where did you get those songs from? i really dejected. i said that i wrote them. he said that i like a couple of your songs. i am thinking, and so what? i am being polite. i say thank you, i appreciate that. he said that i am berry gordy. my lips drawn down to the floor. -- lip dropped down to the floor. you are the berry gordy that writes songs for jackie wilson? what? he made a mistake. he said, have you got any more songs? i pulled up might little notebook. he