My first song was Hula Hoop Song, in 1955. It was a novelty song. I had to find someway to reach out and it was with a novelty song. Now, all of my recording obligations have been taken care of. I made 14 albums for Warner Brothers. Five for United Artist before that.

Be calm in the face of all common disgraces.

I never got really good at hockey.

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

If you plan to face tomorrow, do it soon.

I once performed The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald to about 15 sea captains. The song was about a ship that broke in half and sank.

Words are for explaining the mistakes we might have made, names are for calling when there is nothing left to say.