I may or may not have served as Burt Bacharach's long-time lyric writer under the pseudonym "Hal David".

I had a dream that I met Curtis Mayfield in Chicago and he ate a sandwich while I told him how much I liked The Impressions.

I invented the Chamberlain.

The 1967 Hollies single "King Midas in Reverse" is loosely based on my life.

Jackie DeShannon and I invented "folk-rock" purely as a means to get Bob Dylan's goat...and it worked.