Roy Orbison end to be represented as A-B-C-D-E-F-A-B'-C'-D'-E'-F'. Although Orbison recorded and wrote standard structure songs before "Only the Lonely", he claimed never to have learned how to write them: Elton John's songwriting partner and main lyricist Bernie Taupin wrote that Orbison's songs always made "radical left turns", and k.d. lang declared that good songwriting comes from being constantly surprised, such as how the entirety of "Running Scared" eventually depends on the final note, one word. Some of the musicians who worked with Orbison were confounded by what he asked them to do. The Nashville session guitarist Jerry Kennedy stated, "Roy went
Roy Orbison Jr. He was also the co-writer and co-executive producer of the documentary "Mystery Girl: Unraveled". In 2017 Orbison co-authored the book "The Authorized Roy Orbison" with music journalist Jeff Slate, his two brothers and with research by Marcel Riesco. Orbison became a father in 2016 with the birth of his first son Roy Orbison III, with his wife Asa, whom he married in September 2017. His son was featured playing on a toy guitar and tambourine with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra during a rendition of his grandfather's song "Pretty Woman" in May 2017, at the age of 10 months. Roy Orbison