It's a lot of random situations that combine in a certain volatile form and create a bigger-than- the-whole situation that nobody could have predicted.

The starship thing is really political action and reaction, the natural outgrowth of Volunteers.

The studio scene in California is sort of ridiculous anyway.

Compared to what they were, rock concerts now are like business meetings.

I believe the Rolling Stones wanted to play in Golden Gate Park.

At first I was iridescent, then I became transparent, finally I was absent

There's that thing about the '80s, the '40s and the '60s, and the '30s, the '50s and the '70s. Something about those odd decades in this century that weren't too pleasant.