Once The Rockets Are Up, Who Cares

The Audience Usually Has To Be With You, I'm Afraid. I Always Regarded Myself As Not Even Preaching To The Converted, I Was Titillating The Converted.

I Don't Have The Temperament Of A Performer, And I Certainly Couldn't Do It Every Night.

I'm Not An Original Composer. The Tunes Are Not Stolen From Other Tunes Necessarily Except In A Few Cases, But They're In The Style Of Songs That I Grew Up With.

Once You've Heard The Joke, It's Not Funny Anymore, But It's The Way It's Told. And I Think That's The Same With The Music: The Reason Some Of My Songs Have Lasted Longer Is There's A Lot Of Stuff Packed In There. You Want To Hear Them More Than Once.

Step Up And Shake The Hand Of Someone You Can't Stand, You Can Tolerate Him If You Try!