Honest Songs Aren`t Written For Money.

Down Through The Centuries, This Trick Has Been Tried By Various Establishments Throughout The World. They Force People To Get Involved In The Kind Of Examination That Has Only One Aim And That Is To Stamp Out Dissent.

John Adams And Thomas Jefferson Corresponded For 13 Years Before They Died On The Same Day. They Asked, "how Can One Have Prosperity Without Commerce? How Can One Have Commerce Without Luxury? How Can One Have Luxury Without Corruption? How Can You Have Corruption Without The End Of The Republic?" And They Really Didn't Know The Answer.

I Am Not Going To Answer Any Questions As To My Association, My Philosophical Or Religious Beliefs Or My Political Beliefs, Or How I Voted In Any Election, Or Any Of These Private Affairs.

I Love My Country Very Dearly, And I Greatly Resent The Implication That Some Of The Places I Have Sung And Some Of The People That I Have Known, And Some Of My Opinions, Whether They Are Religious Or Philosophical, Or I Might Be A Vegetarian, Make Me Any Less Of An American.

I Try To Sing Many Different Kinds Of Songs. If I Sing A Batch Of Humorous Songs, I'll Throw In A Deadly Serious Song. Or If I'm Singing Too Many Serious Songs, I'll Throw In A Ridiculous Song, To Mix It Up.