To Everything There Is A Season.

My Mother Wanted Me To Learn How To Read Music. She'd Given Fiddles To My Two Older Brothers, But They'd Rebelled. I Came Along And My Father Said, "oh, Let Peter Enjoy Himself." What She Did Was Leave Musical Instruments All Around The House. Whistles, Marimbas, Squeeze Boxes, A Piano And Organ. By Age Six Or Seven, I Could Bang Out A Simple Tune On Almost Anything. I Developed A Good Ear, So I Didn't Learn To Read Music Until I Taught Myself At Age Eighteen, 'cause I Was Hearing So Many Good Songs I Couldn't Possibly Remember Them All.

Way Back In The Old Days, Say In Europe Of The Middle Ages, You Had An Aristocracy, And They Could Afford To Pay For Musicians. The Kings And Queens Had Musicians In The Castles, And That Developed Into Symphony Orchestras And What We Call "classical Music" Now.

It's Been My Belief That Learning How To Do Something In Your Hometown Is The Most Important Thing.

I Like To Say I'm More Conservative Than Goldwater. He Just Wanted To Turn The Clock Back To When There Was No Income Tax.

Most Scientists Know What Needs To Be Done To Save Our Earth. But The Politicians Don't Listen To Them. They Will Listen To Popular Pressure; The People Got To Supply That.