As a songwriter, I try not to be sloppy; same with the music. You can be very lean, very efficient, so you're not wasting a lot of time getting' to the point. You're saying it with as pure a word or phrase as you can. That's the part that was craft. You refine and refine and refine. Maybe that's why the songs still hang on, because they're very pure. For one thing, they're very short. "Bad Moon Rising" is like 2 minutes and 12 seconds. I would try to do everything as quickly and with as little extra as possible. It was a challenge.

The Telecaster doesn't really sound that good for the kind of rock and roll that a lot of people played.

Even though James Burton was my idol, I didn't think I could carry his shoes back then.

Vanz can't dance, but he'll steal your money.

Let the people know my wisdom, fill the land with smoke

And I now think that Stratocasters and Telecasters are way cool.

I thought what I was good at doing was playing real simple guitar licks, since I'd cut my teeth on what Duane Eddy was doing; licks that were simple but had staying power.