I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.

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The high ideals and promises you once dressed the future in are dancing in the...

The high ideals and promises you once dressed the future in are dancing in the...

I wrote the song For A Dancer for a friend of mine who died in...

I wrote the song For A Dancer for a friend of mine who died in...

I'd have to say that my favorite thing is writing a song that really says...

I'd have to say that my favorite thing is writing a song that really says...

I love to read. I love to stretch. In the morning, I get up, and...

I love to read. I love to stretch. In the morning, I get up, and...

Talk about celestial bodies.

Talk about celestial bodies.

That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what...

That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what...

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.

The biggest influence? I've had several at different times - but the biggest for me...

The biggest influence? I've had several at different times - but the biggest for me...

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...

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.

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,...

Got seven women on my mind. Four that want to own me, two that want...

Got seven women on my mind. Four that want to own me, two that want...

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...

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...

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...

It was a great time to be born, because I got to have my own...

It was a great time to be born, because I got to have my own...

So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to...

So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to...

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...

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...

I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.

I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.