Either You Were A Hoodlum, Or You

Right Now, America Is Under The Gun. It's Being Tested And Is Being Co-opted In A Big Way.

I Like All The Kinds Of Music I've Been Into. I'm Certainly Not A Purist In That I Will Only Play Country Licks In A Country Song Or Blues Licks In Blues Stuff. The Thing I Would Like To Be Able To Do Is To Make The Music Sound Right No Matter What It Is. If Somebody Else Wants To Have A Label For It, Then That's Their Business.

What A Long Strange Trip It's Been.

I Recognize That As A Musician There Is A Certain Chauvinism Attached To It, Which Is The Thing Of, "i Spent My Time Learning How To Play. You Didn't Spend Time Learning How To Play, Therefore, You Are Not A Musician."

... We Have Quite A Large Area, And That Makes It More Fun For Us - Certainly More Satisfying, Because It Doesn't Restrict Us To One Particular Idea Or One Particular Style. The Result, I Think, Is Pretty Interesting ... We Don't Expect To Make A Fortune At It Or Ever Be Popular Or Famous Or Worshipped Or Hit The Ed Sullivan Show Or The Circuses Or The Big Top. As Long As We Can Play, We'll Play, Regardless Of What It's For, Who It's For Or Anything. It's Fun For Us - That's The Important Thing.