I never really wanted to be a singer - not with any longevity. But I always wanted to be a writer.

Artists are traditionally resistant to labels.

I refuse to believe that Hendrix had the last possessed hand, that Joplin had the last drunken throat, that Morrison had the last enlightened mind.

I realize that people need something to believe in.

The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication.

I think some of that hopelessness of my generation got passed on to later generations - the sense of uselessness.

Everything distracted me, but most of all myself.