I'm not so much of a person for causes, unless I specifically - for instance, if it's my cause, or some poor people's, I'll try to help. But you won't find me playing for any peace candidates - or any candidates.
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I started writing rather late in the game. I was fascinated about the story about how Bob Dylan, for 'Nashville Skyline,' wrote between takes. So I'd try to sing new songs off the top of my head. I had rather less than spectacular success on that. But a lot of my songs were done that way.
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I used to play on Phil Spector's records, and he liked to use three pianists.
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I didn't start out to become famous, so when it disappeared, I thought, well, that happens sometimes.
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It's like, baseball is a very good game, but it's very difficult to explain to somebody, if you stop and think about it. I just feel my life is like that.
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I am happy with what comes, I don't have expectations of any stature.
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The doctor who pulled me out at birth damaged my second and third vertebrae. But without those tugs, I probably would have been a regular guy selling insurance in Texas or something.
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I scarcely talk to reporters at all.
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There was a period in my life when I was trying to write standards: songs that everybody recorded. I did a pretty good run of it.
