I run into people from the Lehigh Valley and Allentown all over the world, and they're obviously doing pretty well. They say, "Oh, it's pretty nice there now and there's a lot of new businesses that have come into the area." Nobody's telling me, "Yeah, I left." Everybody says, "You know, I'm there. It's great. It's really nice there, and you made our town famous."

We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We're all carried along, by the river of dreams.

Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.

Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.

I was listening to stuff and I realized that I've had a lot of different lives. You know the theory [that says] every seven years, you have a different life? I think that's true.

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.

I don't know why people thought I was retiring.