And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard.

I lay my head on the railroad track, waitin' on the Double E. But the train don't run by here no more, poor, poor, pitiful me.

Well, I don't think it ever did, but in the early '60s I got interested in folk music.

That's my only active wish. I think if I sang like Don Henley, this would be a lot more agreeable business.

The primary one being, like I said, I don't like rock 'n' roll piano.

Duncan Aldrich has been my partner in most recording projects, and touring projects, for the past decade.

And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard.