We have an open society. No one will come and take me away for saying what I am saying. But they don't have to, if they can control how many people hear it. And that's how they do it.

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I followed those highway signs and I've run down those thin white lines.

I followed those highway signs and I've run down those thin white lines.

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.

Talk about celestial bodies.

Talk about celestial bodies.

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...

You would think with all the genius and the brilliance of these times, we might...

You would think with all the genius and the brilliance of these times, we might...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.

I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.

I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.

I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.

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...