I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money and got ready to give me a banjo for my next birthday, and between that time and my birthday, I lost interest in the banjo and was playing guitar.

I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.

Also, right at that particular time in the music business, because of people like the Beatles, people began owning their own publishing. I'll just say this really quickly - they used to divide the money for the music that was written in two, just equal halves.

Say a prayer for the pretender, who started out so young and strong only to surrender.

That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what turns out to be the most lucrative part of the music business - writing, because you get paid every time that song gets played.

Somewhere between the time you arrive and the time you go may lie a reason you were alive, but you'll never know.

Oh Lord, are there really people starving still?