Only Votes Talk, Everything Else Walks.

Music Is Important. It Says Things You Heart Can't Say Any Other Way, And In A Language Everyone Speaks. Music Crosses Borders, Turns Smiles Into Frowns, And Vice Versa. These Observations Are Shared With A Hope: That, When Schools Cut Back On Music Classes, They Really Think About What They're Doing - And Don't Take Music For Granted.

Covering The Civil-rights Movement Was A Mind- And Eye-opener For Me. Houston Was A Segregated Society, As Was Texas As A Whole - Some Of It By Law, A Lot Of It By Fear And Tradition. But There Was No Violence Where I Lived, And If There Was Hate, It Was Either Concealed From Me Or I Just Didn't Recognize It.

Now, I Know You Expected Me To Say That, Well, I Just Kick Back In The Rocking Chair, Fished A Little Bit, Listened To Willie Nelson Tapes And Watched Old Baseball Games On The Classic Sports Network. And, Tell You The Truth, I Have Done That For Maybe About Five Total Minutes.

For Years Don Imus Was Just - Boy, He Was Merciless In His Criticism Of Me. Maybe It Was Justified, But That Didn't Mean It Didn't Hurt.

I Think You Can Be An Honest Person And Lie About Any Number Of Things.