Rock is gut level and it just gets to people. I think there's far too much emphasis on intellectualization, especially in rock 'n' roll which is a primitive form.

You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it rhymes, not because it makes sense.

I've got love in my life, as well as trouble and strife.

Common one, my illuminated one, oh my high in the art of suffering. Take a walk with me.

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.

Let me purify my thoughts and words and deeds that I may be a vehicle for thee.

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.