Lyndon Johnson actually said...

Last year, Congress established at our suggestion the National Endowment for the Arts, to enhance the place of the artist in our country.

For you, Jane--you and your colleagues--have done what few statesmen on earth can do.

It was just about 10 days ago, out in the State of Idaho, that I spoke of the common feeling for life, the common love of song and story whi...

And I hope that history will record this example of how music has reached across the oceans, the walls, and the ideologies that separate us ...