I always felt if we were going in to do an album, there should already be a lot of structure already made up so we could get on with that and see what else happened.

If you wanted to chart new territories and head off over the horizon, you had to make sure you weren't overly influenced by what others were doing ... so it didn't matter what other bands were doing ... we did what we were doing.

(The Song Remains The Same) is not a great film, but there's no point in making excuses. It's just a reasonably honest statement of where we were at that particular time. It's very difficult for me to watch it now, but I'd like to see it in a year's time just to see how it stands up.

I don't like to tell people what format they can get things in, or say, "I'm only going to release this on vinyl and nothing else. You have to come to my world." I don't like to say that to people either. But, I do think there's a loss of romance.

No. I usually rest in my satin-lined coffin, actually. I'm not allowed out in daylight hours.

My finger picking is sort of a cross between Pete Seeger, Earl Scruggs, and total incompetence.

The greatest satisfaction is not the decoration. It is knowing that I am able to help someone who needs help.