There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.

Meet them halfway with love, peace, and persuasion, and expect them to rise for the occasion.

Everybody's got their own particular vision which is a personal thing.

I didn't know what some of the stuff on Astral Weeks was about until years later.

It's all complete instinct and intuition, and that's extremely difficult to teach.

The thing about albums is just coming up with new material. I just got tired of that syndrome of putting out an album and then some reviewer claims that this song or that song has something to do with x y or z.

The music I really like to get off on is the old rhythm 'n' blues and rock 'n' roll stuff... that's what I really dig. And I also dig to sing ballads as well. And I also dig writing my own songs. I was just trying to find a way of integrating the whole thing, taking a look at the total picture.