"Five minutes." "Five minutes, please." "Okay." "What time is it?" "About 8:00?" " About 8:00." " Two minutes to." "All right." "I have two minutes." "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Madison Square Garden." "Okay." " Last chance." " Let's do it." "Guys, have a great show, okay?" "Hello, New York!" "Thank you so much!" "You know it too." "You know it too." "Say it now!" "Thank you, New York City!" "Like all great cities... filled with sound—" "the sound of traffic... the sound of subways... the sound of people talking and laughing... the sound of kids at play." "All the beautiful sounds and noises... that go on to make the great orchestra of life... in this, the greatest city in the world." "So many people back here." "Did you actually pay for these seats?" "These people are hot back here." "I think I'm gonna have to go back there again." "But in the meantime... shall we... dance?" "Come on!" "Hey, everybody." "I want you to give a nice New York welcome to the greatest band in the land— my band!" "Hey, boys and girls!" "Show 'em what you can do!" "The band!" "Oh, yes!" "Oh, yes!" "Thank you!" "Thank you so much." "Wonderful." "Well—" "That was then... and this is now." "We got a brand-new album out." "It's called Home Before Dark." "We think you'll like it, so we're gonna do a couple of songs from the album... and see what you think." "Thank you." "Oh, yeah!" "This one's called "Pretty Amazing Grace."" "Yeah now!" "Thank you." " Thank you." " I love you, Neil!" "You know, it's hard to believe, but it was 35 years ago... that I recorded a performance I did... at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, California." "And they made a record of that performance and shipped it all over the world." "It was to become maybe my most popular record ever." "It was called HotAugust Night." "And the very first song from that show... also was to gain popularity itself." "And we'd like very much to do that first song for you... here tonight." "Thank you!" "Thank you." "You know..." "I bet I've told my story a thousand times, so... please forgive me if I make it 1,001 tonight." "I was born and raised... in a borough of New York City called Brooklyn." "I lived most of my young life in Brooklyn." "And that was before it was hip." "But we came from a working-class neighborhood." "Hardworking people." "Had my mom... and my dad... my little brother... and my grandma." "And one or two aunts and uncles and a couple of cousins... and that was it." "That was it." "But we didn't need anything else." "We had love around the clock, 24-7." "Thank you." "Thank you!" "Oh, yeah!" "Yeah!" "All right!" "Here we go!" "Oh, yes!" "One last time!" "Oh, yes!" "Thank you!" "Linda Press." "Wonderful." "Hey, Linda." "Stay up with me for this song, will you?" "Oh, yes!" "Oh, yes!" "Oh, yes!" "Oh, yes!" "Thank you, guys." "Hi, girls." "Hey, everybody." "Say hi to my friends Julia Waters..." "Linda Press... little sister Maxine Waters." "Something else." "You know, this band and I have... traveled together... lived together, played music together... for over 30 years." "Course, we don't talk to each other." "I'm just kidding." "We are truly brothers and sisters." "You need some help out there on the road when you're traveling." "When you're down, you need someone to get you up." "And when you're out, you know, someone to get you in." "They do it for me, and I do it for them." "And that's why we've played together for so long." "And to me, myjob is... more like a privilege than anything else." "It's an honor." "Go out and travel around the world and sing for people." "I've been singing since I was a little boy." "But I must admit that every once in a while I think to myself" "I say..." ""Hey, Diamond." "What are you doing?" "Why don't you stop all this running... traveling and packing and singing and unpacking... and traveling and singing and packing and unpacking?" "Why don't you just give it up, get a life and quit it?"" "Well, that's exactly the conclusion that I come to." "It ain't gonna happen." "I'm on a mission." "I'm on a journey." "And it's a spiritual journey, for sure." "Say it now!" "God bless America!" "All right!" "Thank you, New York!" "We love you!" "Thank you, New York!" "We love you!" "We love you!"