Forever Young, by Dylan, is one of my favorite songs.

I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades.

Conway Twitty was always our local hero while I was growing up. He had a series of good bands. I wanted to sit in, if Conway would let me. And he did a couple of times.

Those bad times are important. They give you a chance to practice, listen, take stock, have a life, get your feet back on the ground, and maybe you'll live to tell the story.

I don't fool with a lot of things that I can't have fun with. There's not much reward in that.

We're all dealt with the same hand here, so to speak. I feel like I've had it a lot better than most people. I've had the opportunity to travel and play music all my life.

The rock star stuff never came up for us. The Band was never attacked by groupies before, during or after any show that we ever played.