When I came back to California in the early '60s I was hanging out with Jimmy Bowen, Phil Spector, and I wanted to be a record producer and work with other artists.

I took care of myself. Basically I'm a vegetarian, I run every day, I exercise. I kind of control my living habits. I try to get a good night's sleep every night, I don't stay up all night and do all that stuff.

I'd gone through periods where I didn't work live performances for probably seven or eight months at a time.

All summer long we spent dancin' in the sand, and the jukebox kept on playing Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

I think my favorite album was probably Realization.

One thing will lead to another and somebody will come up with a riff or a line or something we build from.

I was working at this club in downtown L.A. from four to eight at night, just Eddie Rubin, the drummer, and I.