Stood alone on a mountain top, starin' out at the Great Divide. I could go east, I could go west, it was all up to me to decide. Just then I saw a young hawk flyin' and my soul began to rise.

Alfred Hitchcock, Isaac Newton, Elvis Presley, Captain Bligh, they're heroic or pathetic depending on which book you buy.

Later in the evening when you lie awake in bed with the echoes from the amplifiers ringing in your head.

Make a destination of the greater truth.

When you have kids, you start thinking about their future and you forget about yours.

You can't get a good crew and a good sound system, and a good light system if you do a small tour. If you want the best, those guys want a commitment of about 4 to 6 months. And I'd want the best people and the best stuff.

Like a rock, standing arrow straight. Like a rock, charging from the gate.