Don't Criticize What You Can't Understand.

Rod's A Great Singer. He's Got A Great Voice, But There's No Point To Put A 30-piece Orchestra Behind Him. I'm Not Going To Knock Anybody's Right To Make A Living But You Can Always Tell If Somebody's Heart And Soul Is Into Something, And I Didn't Think Rod Was Into It In That Way.

You'll Find God In The Church Of Your Choice, You'll Find Woody Guthrie In The Brooklyn State Hospital.

You Say You've Lost Your Faith But That's Not Where It's At You Have No Faith To Lose And You Know It

Opportunities May Come Along For You To Convert Something -something That Exists Into Something That Didn't Yet. That Might Be The Beginning Of It. Sometimes You Just Want To Do Things Your Way, Want To See For Yourself What Lies Behind The Misty Curtain. It's Not Like You See Songs Approaching And Invite Them In. It's Not That Easy. You Want To Write Songs That Are Bigger Than Life. You Want To Say Something About Strange Things That Have Happened To You, Strange Things You Have Seen. You Have To Know And Understand Something And Then Go Past The Vernacular.

Really The Truth Is Just A Plain Picture. A Plain Picture Of, Let's Say, A Tramp Vomiting In The Sewere. You Know, And Next Door To The Picture Mr. Rockefeller Or Mr. C. W. Jones On The Subway Going To Work. You Know, Any Kind Of Picture. Just Make A Collage Of Pictures.