I was with a folk trio back in '63 and '64, and we traveled all across North Africa, Israel, and Europe.

I don't sit down to write a song, per se.

I was a drama major through college.

I liked back in the sixties where you'd turn on the radio and go 'Oh that's Hendrix, that's Creedence Clearwater, that's The Doors, there's The Grass Roots, The Monkees, there's Big Brother.' You could just instantly hear it and tell. But in the eighties and nineties there's no way you could do that.

The only difference between me and a homeless man is this job. I will do whatever it takes to survive…like I did when I was a homeless man.

I keep busy. That was my nickname in college, 'Iron to the Fire.' I like to keep several things going at once.

I think if you don't have it [desire], you're not going to be pushed into anything. You've got to want to do something.