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"My dad was very successful running midgets in Texas. Then, his two drivers ran into some bad luck. People started saying that Daddy had lost his touch. That it was the cars and not the drivers. I wanted to race just to prove all those people wrong."
"Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed."
"When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry."
"My first speaking part was to read for John Forsythe for Bachelor Father. I was the lead, opposite him."
"Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy, they're fun, they do things together, they're best friends. Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they're going to respect Mom."
"I worked with my son when he was much younger; we did L.A. Law together, where I played his father and he played a kid who was suing his father for alienation of affection or something. It was great."
"My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house."
"It was a mistake. I was wrong, but I discovered this many years later. I was acting on the basis of this mandate given me by the most important leaders of the world: President Bush's father, prime minister of France, President Mitterand, the Chinese, everybody."
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"George Harrison was also a pleasure to work with. He was one of the most famous people I've ever known, but in spite of that fame, he was such a nice and friendly guy."
"We also did something called the Texas Peace Festival, which was actually a better gig both musically, and in the way it was organised."
"The chances of a reunion now are less likely. I was thinking of having a 40th anniversary of the band, but now they are really another band, so it's all a bit weird."
"I went to see John Mayall at the Marquee, with Peter Green on guitar, and that was a particularly good gig."
"I think a lot of modern day guitarists start off playing like Eddie van Halen, and they don't take the time to learn the basics."
"Strangely enough, through all those school years I decided at 13 or 14 I was going to be a musician and so school was just something to get out of the way, a waste of time and not to bother with it."
"There is a big age gap between my sisters Janice and Irma and myself so I didn't know them that well when I was younger although they have been very supportive in later life."
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