That experience made him believe that his future job was as a comedian, not in music.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

The commander of a United States navy force in the Pacific, Thomas Jones, received news that led him to believe the United States was at war with Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

"I'm in my 50s, and I went to see him at the Forum here in California , I believe it was about 1969, and I was just a young kid myself."

VOA: standard.2009.06.28