We struggled together, and sometimes, we struggled with one another... We took care of one another... In the end, we kept faith in each other.

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.

I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.

Somehow all you ever need's never really quite enough.

That Elvis, man, he is all there is. There ain't no more. Everything starts and ends with him. He wrote the book. But for him, I'd be selling encyclopedias right now. There have been a lotta tough guys. There have been pretenders. And there have been contenders. But there is only one king.

Elvis Presley is all there is. There just ain't no more. Everything starts and ends with Elvis. He wrote the book. He is everything to do and not to do in the music business.

'Darkness on the Edge of Town' came out of a huge body of work that had tons of very happy songs.