On numerous occasions I find myself using that Dan Hicks quote. I still occasionally listen to his music, and though I don't think I've ever heard him singing on the radio there are a couple of cover versions of his songs that are broadcast not too infrequently. And I guess that that explains why only while preparing this column I ran a search for a couple of items of his ... and learned that he'd died in February of this year. On NPR radio there's a very nice tribute, and from Hicks' 60th birthday celebration in 2001, a great version of I Scare Myself.