Do you recall what was revealed the day the music died?

There we were all in one place, a generation lost in space.

I am what I do, and that's partly why I don't want to give up singing. But when I can't sing well, I will.

I think longevity is more important than trying to make people realize you're around every second.

Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry.

But I knew - in the old days, if a song was a good song, I don't care if it was 'Yellow Submarine' or, you know, or 'The Times They Are a-Changin' or 'Don't Be Cruel', you knew it, you know? You heard that song, and you were talking about it, and you knew it.

I'm glad that my music has helped other people as it's helped me. It makes me glad that I did what I did with my life.