When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.

'Our parents' generation had it a lot tougher than we did. They had to live through the Depression, World War II, and then they had to, you know, try to pick up the pieces of their lives and bring up their children. And, it was a great example for us. I guess we grew up with a certain amount of the ethics our parents had, which is, you know: work hard, make your own way, be independent.

Why don't the Beatles get back together? Why don't nobody sing of romance?

I can't remember faces, don't remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.

I've come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it's a Greek tragedy.

When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.

Well we're waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real