Possibly the whole creative whirlwind of any musician's life is based on garnering and developing and absorbing more and more experience.

Back in my day, we called it rock 'n' roll, but then we always reminded listeners that it was no big deal if they didn't like it.

People run away, pull their hair, go off in different directions, nodding their heads and going, "Oh, God." I am slightly disheveled, I think. I'm really pleased that I am, because otherwise I could be in a really, really dull and boring place now, as a musician, at least.

The kind of vocal exaggeration that I developed was based on what key songs were in.

I'm a grandfather now.

I think I surprise myself.

I don't think that you can rehash music that was born in the Fillmore East and came from a whole different set of social and emotional circumstances. The situation has changed. Let's get real about this.