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I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.

I don't have children, but I imagine if parents are really pushed on the subject, they probably have favorite children.

Children - if you think back really what it was like to be a child and what it was like to know other children - children lie all the time.

All the things that most kids hated, I loved. I loved that things were asked of me and that, much to my surprise, I was able to do them. I loved the 10 o'clock bedtime. I loved the responsibility.

I do like children, but only as people. Not as if they're a special category.

Children are wonderful, and they add to my whole life.

I think great songs appeal to people at any age. Kids love the Beatles, too. Kids love Tom T. Hall. Of course, Tom T. wrote some things that were specifically for kids. But I think kids recognize quality more than they get credit for sometimes.

Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults, is to set examples for children. But we have to like children in order to be really happy fulfilled adults.