The school system only recognizes one type of intelligence. There are so many different types of intelligence.

I'm laughing at you, you're laughing at me.

I'm interested in what it means to be an American. I'm interested in what it means to live in America. I'm interested in the kind of country that we live in and leave our kids. I'm interested in trying to define what that country is.

I played in front of every conceivable audience you could face: an all-black audience, all-white, firemen's fairs, policemen's balls, in front of supermarkets, bar mitzvahs, weddings, drive-in theaters. I'd seen it all before I ever walked into a recording studio.

The drummer in my first band was killed in Vietnam. He kind of signed up and joined the marines. Bart Hanes was his name. He was one of those guys that was jokin' all the time, always playin' the clown.

Let's raise our glass and let the hammer fly, yeah, this is the long good-bye.

Hey, little dolly with the blue jeans on, I want to ramrod with you, honey, 'til half past dawn.