I never prayed for no money, and I never prayed for no fame. I said, 'I'll take care of that myself. You just keep me healthy and I'll do all I can to try to turn people around, to try to steer 'em in the right direction.' That's the whole trip in life, ya know.

From 1958 to 1964, that's real rock n' roll. Then the Beatles hit and everyone sounded like them.

John R. told me you don't work for the radio station. You work for the people out there.

My existence went up about 12 levels of intensity.

I never prayed for no money, and I never prayed for no fame. I said, 'I'll take care of that myself. You just keep me healthy and I'll do all I can to try to turn people around, to try to steer 'em in the right direction.' That's the whole trip in life, ya know.

Half the time I feel like I'm appealing to the downer freaks out there. We start to play one downer record after another until I begin to get down myself. Give me something from 1960 or something; let me get up again. The music of today is for downer freaks, and I'm an upper.

I taught myself to tune in to another persons wavelength, figure out what they were looking for, and try to project that thing back at them.