The 50s Were Great Because I Collected

The Whole Idea Of Music, From The Beginning Of Time, Was For People To Be Happy

Some Audiences Can Shake And Bang Their Heads On The Stage To Riffs All Night Long, But Subtlety Is An Art That Must Be Mastered If You're Going To Be Remembered.

It's A Two-dimensional Gig Being A Singer, And You Can Get Lost In Your Own Tedium And Repetition.

I'd Break Out In Hives If I Had To Sing (`stairway To Heaven') In Every Show. I Wrote Those Lyrics And Found That Song To Be Of Some Importance And Consequence In 1971, But 17 Years Later, I Don't Know. It's Just Not For Me. I Sang It At The Atlantic Records Show Because I'm An Old Softie And It Was My Way Of Saying Thank You To Atlantic Because I've Been With Them For 20 Years. But No More Of `stairway To Heaven' For Me.

To Rock Isn't Necessarily To Cavort.