I was just getting tired of the image bullshit...that man of mystery trip and what have you. What's that all about?

I have to accept the fact that I was putting out records that reviewers were going to get an image from.

A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception.

My experiences with dope were not good for me. I had to go another route. Because in my experience, dope didn't give me those insights.

In the gentle evening freeze, by the whispering shady trees I will find sanctuary in the Lord.

The fact I wasn't getting off made me realize that I really had to take a hard look at it and at the type of music that I played, which ranges from ballads to country type stuff to rock and rhythm 'n' blues. It takes in a wider spectrum.

You've got to separate the singer and the songs.