Pastoral Resources

After Nixon resigned in 1974, he engaged in a very aggressive war with history, attempting to wipe out the Watergate stain and memory. Happily, history won, largely because of Nixon's tapes.

The effectiveness of our memory banks is determined not by the total number of facts we take in, but the number we wish to reject.

Only people have been through that miserable time will recall the pass from their deep memory.

In the past 3-4 years I've developed a habit of keeping numerous small cassette recorders in my house and in a bag with me so that I'm able to commit to tape memory song ideas on a constant basis.

While it is true that Frank had a great sense of humor, he was also very serious about composing music. In reality there are only a handful of skilled players who can play his most complex pieces. It takes a lot of patience to learn and requires a fantastic memory.

My memory is not even what most people's is, much less what it oughta be for a discussion like this.