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" It was amazing for me growing up in the musical decade of the '60s. I saw The Beatles on television and went out and bought an electric guitar. "

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" It's been the work that has carried me and I never wanted to rest on my laurels or go back and do what I done before. "

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" I was silver-white by the time I was 35, but having grey hair makes me look washed out. My wife and son have both said that grey hair doesn't suit me because I have a boyish face. "

" Having all that - the fame and adulation and women and all that stuff they talk about - doesn't make you happy. You have to make yourself happy. "

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" If you put the talent of all my brothers together, they wouldn't add up to the talent that was in my father. "

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" I'm not saying that I won't tour again, but the chances are slim because my priorities are different now. "

" I've had a great metamorphosis in my life. I struggled for a number of years because I was identified with that image of the Seventies. "

" In the '80s, it was difficult and frustrating to appear in the theater and TV again, even though I had some successful shows and hit records. Now, I have to say, the '90s are the best decade of my life. I've done the best work and, in a funny way, I'm enjoying the most success... more than in the '70s. "

" If you're not a daydreamer, you haven't got any imagination. "

" It wasn't until later when people became aware of my writing that I would hear begrudgingly, 'You know, you really are a pretty good singer, I guess.' "

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