Joyous Sound evolved from a gospel influence. Actually it evolved out of sitting at a piano and just picking out a riff, a gospel type riff. It just seemed to come joyously-something about the song, about living in another place of joyous sounds. I'm not quite sure-that's one I'm trying to analyze. It just came out.

It will make you feel good, and it will make you feel whole, when the spirit moves you and it fills you through and through.

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.

Way across the country where the hillside mountains glide, the dynamo of your smile caressed the barefoot virgin child.

I'm very lucky, I'm happy with life because my experiences led me to do what I had to do. I don't have any regrets whatsoever.

My ambition when I started out was to play two or three gigs a week. And that's what I'm doing.

I don't have any regrets about the album [Veedon Fleece]. But it's the same old story - an album is basically 35 or 40 minutes of what you do. It's 'part' of what you do.