I Knew Real Show Business

I Think The Extent To Which I Have Any Balance At All, Any Mental Balance, Is Because Of Being A Farm Kid And Being Raised In Those Isolated Rural Areas.

I Mean, My People Were Very, Very Simple. They Were Peasant People, You Know?

You Sang In Church, You Know, And You Didn't Act At All. You Tried Not To Act, You Tried To Tell The Truth. The Idea Of Being A Troubadour On The Road Singing For Your Supper Was Very Disturbing To Him.

If You Live In An Oppressive Society, You've Got To Be Resilient. You Can't Let Each Little Thing Crush You. You Have Take Every Encounter And Make Yourself Larger, Rather Than Allow Yourself To Be Diminished By It.

Reading Was A Big Thing, Yes. Books Were A Big Thing. But The Things That Stick Out Were The Newspapers.