I remember vividly sitting with Lauren Bacall in her favorite Chinese restaurant while we had her favorite appetizers while waiting for Brent Barrett to join us after Chicago - she was so charming and funny and I got great stories about Bogart. I really adored her and she was a dream to work with in the studio, and I will never forgive the idiots at Varese for not letting me do a solo album with her - she wanted it so bad and I knew we could do something that would really surprise people. And I'd convinced her that that final track had to be As Time Goes By - she wasn't sure at first, but boy did she embrace it ultimately. And then all those obsequious idiots trying to kiss the owner's skinny, ugly behind would not support it. Same with Ann Miller, same with Nancy Sinatra. At that moment in time, I hated them all thoroughly and hated Chris Kuchler for stoking it. And, of course, I was history a nine months later, when he broke his promise to me of having a job forever.
I hope he's sitting at home miserable because that is the karma he so deserves and so do the little boys who kissed his ugly behind. They know who they are.
