I'm A Huge Peter Mayer Fan, But

I Had A Vague Idea Of The Song's Impact In The '60s, But That Was Tempered By The Hate Mail And Threats I Was Receiving. It Was Only About Ten Years Ago, When I Finally Put It Back In My Show Because So Many People Were Asking For It, That I Understood 'society's Child' Real Impact.

I Feel I Was Born With The Music Coming To Me, And That's Not Something To Be Wasted.

I Started 'society's Child' On A Bus In East Orange As I Was Going Home From School. I Saw A Black And White Couple Sitting There And Started Thinking About It.

I Write A Lot From Instinct. But As You're Writing Out Of Instinct, Once You Reach A Certain Level As A Songwriter, The Craft Is Always There Talking To You In The Back Of Your Head...that Tells You When It's Time To Go To The Chorus, When It's Time To Rhyme. Real Basic Craft... It's Second Nature.

At The End Of The Day, If You Don't Have A Record Contract, A Studio Or A Guitar, You Can Still Write Songs. You're Still An Artist. That's Something No One Can Take Away.