See the judge upon the bench who tries the case as best he can, see the wise and wicked ones who feed upon life's sacred fire, see the soldier with his gun who must be dead to be admired.

I was happy to be in England, because my mother had always loved the royals, and so do I.

The road to love is littered by the bones of other ones, who by the magic of the moment were mysteriously undone.

My daughter Meredith Moon from my second wife has a band that does Appalachian music, with five-strong banjo, clawhammer style. I may have to direct her somewhere. Meredith was my middle name. I would have to direct her because I am always directing something. She's in the musician's union and she is only 21. Your kids surprise you.

I'm not really a bird person or an Audubon guy who studies them, but as I was around them, they interested me.

I had lots of friends who were fighting in Vietnam and I am still friends with veterans of the war.

I liked the American folk style of Woody Guthrie.