My career is based on the slow build of an audience based on putting on a good show live and putting out a record every couple of years. I was already doing really well in terms of my goals, to keep my fans coming back.

There were so many great music and political scenes going on in the late '60s in Cambridge. The ratio of guys to girls at Harvard was four to one, so all of those things were playing in my mind.

Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.

The fifth member of my band is my non-profit work.

I don't think there's ever been any music quite like what we came up with.

It's always enjoyable to listen to a friend's work, but if it doesn't resonate with you, then you can just appreciate it and it inspires you in its own way.

My love was Bob Dylan, but as I got older I realized a good ballad was a good ballad.