Talk about celestial bodies.

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And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His...

And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His...

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...

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...

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 started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.

I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Also, right at that particular time in the music business, because of people like the...

Also, right at that particular time in the music business, because of people like the...

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'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 grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.

I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.

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...

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,...

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,...

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...