I worked with the world's greatest talents and then went home to the world's greatest woman. It was, and is, a great life.

I had 13 weeks off and I would pack up the family and drive to some mountain retreat where we could be together and fish all day. I loved it. I needed it.

We also own a little boat and I'm like a kid with it. I take off early in the morning, fishing rod in tow, and just drift about the ocean all day.

I worked with the world's greatest talents and then went home to the world's greatest woman. It was, and is, a great life.

The bluest skies . . . are in Seattle.

That I can't relate to today's music or morals doesn't make either necessarily bad. Just different. I leave the judgements to others.

In many ways, that affection is the real reward for 56 years in the business. Although the money ain't exactly bad either.