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"My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything."
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"Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother."

"Sarah will talk to me about someone and I don't know who she's talking about, but if she talks to my mother, the two of them will know exactly - and across several generations, too."

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"I took it to heart that in order to be a good person, you never said anything mean about anybody."

"One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to get it out and look at it in an objective way, so that it doesn't cause me any serious pain by staying inside."

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"Well, I tried to get a record deal in 1966 or '67, and everyone thought I was too eclectic."

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"But when we listened to the radio, it was Bill Haley and the Comets or the Everly Brothers."
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