His conversion, he said, came some time after, during a showing of a black-and-white film depicting the crucification of Jesus at the chapel on the LSU campus, where he had come to listen to his friend sing.
He said, "Come liberate some carbon.
"Come on, somebody," he said, "come on, some good person, make a small donation".
My wife said, 'Come, just have some food.
When a tall, not-so-young volunteer cameraman regrouped the friends for another album shot, he made lifting motions with his hands and said, "Come on, ladies, gimme some cleavage.
Despite initial scepticism (some said "Come for a Laugh and Go Home in Stitches" would be more realistic) it seemed to work: visitors to the city rose from 700,000 in 1982 to 3m in 1990.
Some fans said come back to Newcastle.
He said, 'Come over, I've got some friends round,' and it was Paul Simon and Mick Jagger.
"They were like, 'That'd be a lot of work,' and I said, 'Come on.' " They recruited some programmer buddies to build the site, and for almost a year they limited its users to several dozen of their friends.
