I was a pretty good imitator of Roy Acuff, but then I found out they already had a Roy Acuff, so I started singin' like myself.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Roy Acuff was a big hero for me, and I was so sad when he passed. It's hard as you get older to lose your friends and family.
I loved Roy Acuff with all my heart, and I never dreamed I'd be able to meet him or see him onstage, or especially become good friends with him. For all this to happen, it's hard to explain what a dream this is when you love something as much as I love traditional country music.
The scariest thing about 'Roy' was that it was sync sound. So, I had to worry about my diction all the more along with my emotions, acting, and my dialogues. That was very challenging because it pushed me to work on my Hindi, and in a good way.
When I first moved to L.A., I discovered Roy London. I didn't know anything about the arts, the profession; I had no technique, I knew nothing, I'm fresh from Missouri. I sat in on a few classes, and they just felt a little guru-ish and just didn't feel right to me. Until I met Roy.
I thought I'd gone to heaven, because I grew up watching Roy and Gene Autry.
None of the other guys in the band really sang, so that's when I brought Roy Clark in.
Roy was just another bureaucrat to me, but I realized very soon that without Roy this thing would have died.
I was the boy who liked to sing his own songs at talent shows, and I was suddenly officially uncool.
I grew up as a Roy Rogers fan, of course.
Roy Schneider was cool. I learned quite a bit from him.