If every human being disappeared off the face of the earth in an instant, the earth would still keep spinning and the planet would develop new life forms.

I wasnt thinking of the longevity of any of my songs, but I am extremely pleased with the lasting effect.

When I was born in 1942, World War II was still going. And I began to realize when I became a young adult that if we don't teach our kids a better way of relating to their fellow human beings, the very future of humanity on the planet is in jeopardy.

I mean, there's times to rock and roll, and I love that too. But I think my first love is acoustic music.

If I read or listened to critics of our music. I'd have been discouraged a long time ago.

Teach your children well, so they don't live in off-campus group houses and throw loud parties while I'm trying to sleep.

Do you know anybody under 25 that gives a damn whether you marry a man if you're a man or if you marry a woman if you're a woman? No.