Ever Since I Was A Young Man,

I Always Thought Of Myself As A Good Old South Dakota Boy Who Grew Up Here On The Prairie.

I Didn't Used To Care About Living A Long Time. Not That I Wasn't Enjoying Life, But I Never Sat Around Asking How I'd Get To Be 100, You Know. But Now I Want To Live Long Enough To See Every School Child In The World Getting A Good, Nutritious Lunch Every Day.

I Thought The Vietnam War Was An Utter, Unmitigated Disaster, So It Was Very Hard For Me To Say Anything Good About It.

You Know, Sometimes, When They Say You're Ahead Of Your Time, It's Just A Polite Way Of Saying You Have A Real Bad Sense Of Timing.

I Still Love To Go Back To Mitchell [his Home Town] And Wander Up And Down Those Streets. It Just Kind Of Reassures Me Again That There Is A Place That I Know Thoroughly, Where The Roots Are Deep. Everything Had A Place, A Specific Definition.