Right around the end of the fifties, college students and young people in general, began to realize that this music was almost like a history of our country - this music contained the real history of the people of this…

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Musician jokes are a kind of joke that usually have to do with how much...

Musician jokes are a kind of joke that usually have to do with how much...

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...

I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.

I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.

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,...

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...

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...

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 look around for the friends I used to turn to pull me through. Looking...

I look around for the friends I used to turn to pull me through. Looking...

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...

Talk about celestial bodies.

Talk about celestial bodies.

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...

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...

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 started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.

I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.

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 never was a very good singer.

I never was a very good singer.

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.

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.

Let the disappointments pass, let the laughter fill your glass.

Let the disappointments pass, let the laughter fill your glass.

When I really started liking music was when I could play some of it myself,...

When I really started liking music was when I could play some of it myself,...