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Growing up in Memphis and listening to all kinds of music and dreaming... So that was one of the first times I wrote a complete song and set it to music and the whole bit. From then on, I was busy with it.

~ William Bell

Bit Busy Complete Dreaming First Growing Growing Up Kinds Listening Memphis Music Set Song Then Times Up Whole Wrote

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I felt a little uncomfortable because, when I went in to the military, I was the main male vocalist they had and when I came out they had like two or three vocalists. Otis came in when I was in the military, too.

~ William Bell

Because Came Felt Had I Came Like Little Main Male Military Out Three Too Two Uncomfortable

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I stayed with them for about a year up there and, at night, worked over in Long Island at a club called The High Hat Club which was like a pseudo jazz / blues place.

~ William Bell

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I wear a lot of different hats - from writer to producer and artist. We all do 5 or 6 jobs, everything from creating our own graphic design to actually recording and the whole bit.

~ William Bell

Actually Artist Bit Creating Design Different Everything Graphic Graphic Design Hats Jobs Lot Our Own Producer Recording Wear Whole Writer

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It's been a rollercoaster ride. There have been some great moments and some low points... like when I was leaving Stax. That's when I actually thought of getting out of the business.

~ William Bell

Actually Been Business Getting Great Great Moments Leaving Like Low Moments Out Points Ride Some Thought

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Some of my other heroes around that time were, oddly enough, Frank Sinatra, Nat Cole and people like that - I was always more inclined to listen to ballads.

~ William Bell

Always Around Ballads Enough Frank Frank Sinatra Heroes Inclined Like Listen More Oddly Other People Sinatra Some Time Were

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The first song that I wrote was when I was with The Del Rios. I was like 14 years old but I was always putting my thoughts down on paper even before then because it was like an escape - a way of unleashing all the stuff.

~ William Bell

Always Because Before Down Escape Even First Like Old Paper Putting Song Stuff Then Thoughts Way Wrote Years

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There was some scene in The Blues Brothers movie, when they had the chicken wire across the front of the stage, and it was almost like that. They had a big guard rail around the stage, which kept the college kids from getting on... we had some good times.

~ William Bell

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We worked over at that place The Plantation Inn with The Del Rios. It was really wild over there.

~ William Bell

Inn Over Place Plantation Really Wild Worked

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When I came out of service, the first couple of releases didn't really hit so I just took a little hiatus and sat down to see what was happening. I just glued my ears to the radio and then I started writing - the first hit record that came out was "Everybody Loves a Winner."

~ William Bell

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When I came out of the military, I had a club in Memphis and I started using the The Bar Kays as my club band. They were still only in the middle school - but I'd take them on the road with me on the weekends, sometimes.

~ William Bell

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