I cherish the memory of being a friend of FRANK Sinatra on a friendship level to the point where we REALLY hung out. We WORKED in Vegas, we'd TALK on the phone, and if I wasn't doing anything, I'd fly out, and I SPENT time in Palm Springs at his house - on a level the way friends would be, not with a whole crowd of people.
Childhood has definitely been INVENTED, hasn't it? I think that's because people had CHILDREN later, and we APPRECIATE and cherish childhood a lot more.