I began by telling the president that there was a cancer growing on the presidency and that if the cancer was not removed the president himself would be killed by it.
“I just thank God I can make a living doing something I enjoy as much as I do playing music.”
“Having the benefit to our society, not only here in the United States but throughout the world with the amount of invention you get from having a space program, is well worth the risk that an individual like myself has to take by flying in the vehicle.”