I'm Honored When Young People Say They've

Finding Great Songs Is The Hard Part Of My Gig - It's Not As Hard As Songwriting, That's Much More Daunting - But I Love Playing Other People's Music.

I'm Certain That It Was An Incredible Gift For Me To Not Only Be Friends With Some Of The Greatest Blues People Who've Ever Lived, But To Learn How They Played, How They Sang, How They Lived Their Lives, Ran Their Marriages, And Talked To Their Kids.

People Come Up To Me All The Time Who Saw Dad In 'oklahoma!' Or 'pajama Game,' And They Say They'll Never Forget It.

In 1967 I Entered Harvard As A Freshman, Confident - In The Way That Only 17-year-olds Are - That I Could Change The World. My Major Was African Studies, And My Plan Was To Travel To Tanzania, Where President Julius Nyerere Was Creating A Government Based On Democracy And Socialism.

I Thought I Had To Live That Partying Lifestyle In Order To Be Authentic, But In Fact If You Keep It Up Too Long, All You're Going To Be Is Sloppy Or Dead.