May God bless and keep you always, May your wishes all come true, May you always do for others And let others do for you. May you build a ladder to the stars And climb on every rung, May you stay forever young.

Most songs have bridges in them, to distract listeners from the main verses of a song so they don't get bored. My songs don't have a lot of bridges because lyric poetry never had them.

They can't hurt me. Sure, they can crush you and kill you. They can lay you out on 42nd and Broadway and put hoses on you and flush you in the sewers and put you on the subway and carry you out to Coney island and bury you on the Ferris wheel. But I refuse to sit here and worry about dying.

Some times I think this whole world Is one big prison yeard Some of us are prisoners The rest of us are guards

They're selling postcards of the hanging.

I used to play hockey when I was growing up. Everyone sort of learns how to skate and play hockey at an early age.

It was better to be in chains with friends than in a garden with strangers. [An ancient Persian proverb.] So true, huh?