I had never, ever drunk beer in high school, and by the time I got to Tech we were having these parties out in the cotton fields and getting so drunk. I was the champion beer drinker; suddenly I was pouring it down my throat... Insane! Insane! |
I have decided to inform my colleagues and constituents that during my 33-year marriage to my wife, Bonnie, I have on occasion strayed from my marriage, and doing so nearly cost me my marriage and my family, |
I just wanted to make records, to be a musician full-time. I didn't know where I was gonna go, but I just headed out. |
I stepped back from being out front to playing bass. So we started switching: I'd play bass on one song, we'd switch on the next song; I'd play piano... we'd play mandolin. |
I try to spend some time in the street, cleaning up or whatever, ... I think the police are doing a good job. It's quite a bit different. |
I was a goodie-good kid; my parents both worked for the First Methodist Church in Lubbock. My father was the Activities Director, and my mother was the General Secretary of the church.So I grew up in this church environment, but at the same time I had these thoughts of rebellion. |
I wasn't really living anywhere... I was just kinda hanging out. I would live from week to week in places. |
I went to Lubbock High School and graduated in 1967, The Summer of Love. I was a football player, actually; and Freddie Akers was my football coach, who ended up coming to the University of Texas. |
I'm in India at this point. I'm trying to figure out how I can get gigs there. Because an American couldn't even get a job there. India is such a closed society that anything that you got-TVs, cars, whatever-is made there. They don't import anything; duty is so high. So you can't get a job as like a touring band. |
I'm not sure if it will or not; it is up to each individual member of Congress to weigh, ... I've seen some of the reaction of some of my colleagues in Washington especially some of those on the Judiciary Committee. It does not appear to have made a big difference. |
It seems to me that all of our members have the right to digest the contents of the Judiciary report, |
It seems to me that at this time, the Congress has to own up to its responsibilities. Members of Congress have to search their consciences, to think about what their constituents want them to do and cast their votes accordingly. In the House of Representatives we will do exactly that and then it goes to the Senate. I am sure the Senate will do that as well. |
It was so intense! At the dance hall, people hanging out of the rafters! Everybody from Austin had come over and we were cutting a Live record. That had not been top-of-the-line mobile truck. |
Look, I'm running for speaker of the House. I'm not running for sainthood, ... I'm not looking to be canonized. I am just a regular guy. |
Music was big in the circles that I ran in, and they certainly weren't leftists or alienated. All the high school kids went to The Music Box and The Village Swinger every weekend, and they danced their asses off. These were Dance Bands, again. Otis Reading was big with the college people then. |