Q & A: PJ Proby

What three words best describe you?

Follow that dream!

What is your most precious possession and why is it important to you?

My most precious possession is my life, simply because I will one day lose it.

What was the first record/CD you bought?

I believe the first record I ever asked my mother to get me at the age of about five was Give Me One Dozen Roses. Then, at the age of seven I asked for I Know That Someday You’ll Want Me To Want You. And I believe that the first record I ever bought myself was at around 13 Work With Me Annie and Love Song Of The Waterfall.

What is your favourite film?

My favourite films are Duel In The Sun and Gone With The Wind. Also Rebel Without A Cause.

If you could change one thing about the place where you live, what would it be?

The public and people not rising up over the Government laws that cheat them out of personal morals and what rightfully belongs to them as citizens of this country!

What are you reading at the moment?

The lyrics to my next recording that I will be putting down on CD this week. I have no time for reading books; all my time is spent making all my dreams come true.

If you had one wish what would it be?

That I could find an agent that would keep me in work at the level which I have achieved in life, at least four to five days a week and tours of the countries I have been used to touring during the years.

Is there a place in the world you would like to visit above all others?

No, just continue with the places I know which amount to almost everywhere in the world, with the exception of the Far East, which I have never had any desire for.

What do you wish you were good at?

Marriage!

If you had a million pounds to give away what would you do with the money?

Hand it out personally to someone I knew that it could save their life!

If you had a time machine where would it take you?

Everywhere in the past, but particularly to the area around 1800 to 1870.

Who was your first love?

My first love was a girl named Carolyn Meck at the age of seven. This is whom I had my record I Know That Someday You’ll Want Me To Want You, sung by Eddie Arnold, played for on a radio show in Houston, Texas, in 1946. She was not impressed, but her mother was.

What sports team do you support?

I played American Football and now support the Denver Broncos and my favourite quarterback Peyton Manning.

What one thing could change society for the better?

True love, like your first love on the playground at school or the one next door. Emotion and nothing else.

What has been your proudest moment?

Appearing on Around The Beatles, my introduction via satellite TV to the world by my friend Paul McCartney.

What question do you think we should ask the next person to answer these questions?

Who is PJ Proby?