So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to play - but more than that, I write songs. Songs that are about living, about what it's like to be going through all the things…

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Like, What is the least often heard sentence in the English language? That would be:...

Like, What is the least often heard sentence in the English language? That would be:...

I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the...

I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the...

So I had a couple of years of playing trumpet. I really enjoyed it, but...

So I had a couple of years of playing trumpet. I really enjoyed it, but...

Right around the end of the fifties, college students and young people in general, began...

Right around the end of the fifties, college students and young people in general, began...

I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra...

I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra...

We have an open society. No one will come and take me away for saying...

We have an open society. No one will come and take me away for saying...

These days I seem to think about the things I forgot to do for you...

These days I seem to think about the things I forgot to do for you...

Music itself is a great source of relaxation. Parts of it anyway. Working in the...

Music itself is a great source of relaxation. Parts of it anyway. Working in the...

You can take as much as you can from the generation that has preceded you,...

You can take as much as you can from the generation that has preceded you,...

I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.

I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.

Talk about celestial bodies.

Talk about celestial bodies.

I've also gotten to play in front of a million people in Central Park when...

I've also gotten to play in front of a million people in Central Park when...

I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it.

I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it.

We may lose and we may win, but we will never be here again.

We may lose and we may win, but we will never be here again.

That's maybe the most important thing each generation does, is to break a lot of...

That's maybe the most important thing each generation does, is to break a lot of...

The idea that I wrote something that stood for the way I feel about things,...

The idea that I wrote something that stood for the way I feel about things,...

Now, guitar was pretty cool. Everybody knew something on the guitar. So I wanted to...

Now, guitar was pretty cool. Everybody knew something on the guitar. So I wanted to...

No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is...

No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is...

People look around you, the signs are everywhere. You've left it for somebody other than...

People look around you, the signs are everywhere. You've left it for somebody other than...

As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call...

As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call...