I Play To All People - All

It Was A Staggering Moment When I First Heard The News. Lennon Was A Most Talented Man And Above All, A Gentle Soul. John And His Colleagues Set A High Standard By Which Contemporary Music Continues To Be Measured.

There Are Things About Organized Religion Which I Resent. Christ Is Revered As The Prince Of Peace, But More Blood Has Been Shed In His Name Than Any Other Figure In History. You Show Me One Step Forward In The Name Of Religion, And I'll Show You A Hundred Retrogressions…i'm For Decency—period. I'm For Anything And Everything That Bodes Love And Consideration For My Fellow Man. But When Lip Service To Some Mysterious Deity Permits Bestiality On Wednesday And Absolution On Sunday—count Me Out.

The Thing That Influenced Me Most Was The Way Tommy Played His Trombone. It Was My Idea To Make My Voice Work In The Same Way As A Trombone Or Violin-not Sounding Like Them, But "playing" The Voice Like Those Instrumentalists.

Nothing Anybody's Said Or Written About Me Ever Bothers Me, Except When It Does.

That's Life (that's Life), That's What All The People Say You're Ridin' High In April, Shot Down In May But I Know I'm Gonna Change That Tune When I'm Back On Top, Back On Top In June