I think a song that's got something to say. I'm not much on gimmicks. I never have been because they don't last. But I like a song that tells a story and has some meat to it, you know, that means something.

He had to fight the system so things never quite fell into place. B as an idol.

Eckstine's recording of "I Apologize" (MGM Pop Single 1948) was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999. William Clarence Eckstine (July 8 1914 – March 8 1993) was an American singer of ballads and a bandleader of the swing era.