Now and again there will be the occasional joke about owing someone two dollars from the days in '63 when I was a broke blues singer with a washboard, but it's good. I'm happy.

Being good isn't just about being dextrous and being flash. Being good is about being an all-round contributor in the great world of music.

I don't want to scream 'Immigrant Song' every night for the rest of my life, and I'm not sure I could.

How can you consider flower power outdated? The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated?

I treat everywhere as being a center from which I can enjoy the surroundings.

It's not some great work of beauty and love to be a rock-and-roll singer.

I kind of disguise my limitations by hanging out with very talented people. The excitement of the collision between the microphone-twirling guy from 1966 to now is just a fantastic adventure. There aren't many of us left and I've managed to kind of cover my tracks pretty good.