Life is - the way God has given it to me was just a platter - a golden platter of life laid out there for me. It's been beautiful.

I always loved those songs. And with my high tenor, I thought I was pretty good - you know? - almost as good as Dennis Day.

I'm thankful for a pair of shoes that feel really good on my feet; I like my shoes. I'm thankful for the birds; I feel like they're singing just for me when I get up in the morning... Saying, 'Good morning, John. You made it, John.' I'm thankful for the sea breeze that feels so good right now, and the scent of jasmine when the sun starts going down. I'm thankful.

So I simply don't buy the concept of "Generation X" as the "lost generation." I see too many good kids out there, kids who are ready and willing to do the right thing, just as Jack was. Their distractions are greater, though. There's no more simple life with simple choices for the young.

I would take songs that I'd loved as a child and redo them in my mind for the new voice I had, the low voice.

I worked there [on Pontiac] three weeks, got really sick of it, went back home and joined the Air Force.

If you aren't gonna say exactly how and what you feel, you might as well not say anything at all.