There's quite a few people getting into that - new acts coming along that are using a lot of stuff that happened in the 50s and 60s. They're completely ignoring the 70s which is kind of a turn on because to me nothing has really gone down in the 70s.

I'd been performing in bands since I was 12 which represented, at that point, about 16 years of playing music.

What I like is natural music. It's like I was born with a gift to do something naturally, which I have no choice but to followup on.

If you want to put your rock 'n' roll into mythology, [A Period of Transition] is from the Daddy Cool school.

If you're a pop singer, you don't need to evolve. You just get a set together, have some hit songs and play them over and over.

Won't You guide me through the dark night of the soul That I may better understand Your way... Let me purify my thoughts and words and deeds That I may be a vehicle for Thee... Give me my rapture today.

[The music is about ] for the purpose of getting people to an excitement level. They feel something, they feel emotions. They're going to go home after that concert and remember it.Maybe they got something out of the experience rather than intellectualizing about what songs mean which is the whole head trip.