But Buddy was an upper. He was happy. He loved music, and he was really happy. I don`t know... I don`t believe in reincarnation at all, but if all that stuff is true, then he might have been on his last time around.
Besides that, I felt guilty. I thought for some reason... I was alive, and Buddy and those boys were dead, and I didn`t know how, but somehow I`d caused it.
Because Ritchie Valens WAS the real deal. He was only starting, but in the time he spent in the business, he made big impact. I don`t know if anybody could have made a bigger one.
And the whole thing is that you`re treated like a step-child. Here it was down here, everything in the black, because they were stealing, basically. Stealing from us old country boys down here.
But Buddy was an upper. He was happy. He loved music, and he was really happy. I don`t know... I don`t believe in reincarnation at all, but if all that stuff is true, then he might have been on his last time around.
