I quit my band in New York City in 1969 and I got really angry at them. I got angry at one of my guitar players and I dove over the drum set and we got into a fight.
Great melody over great riffs is, to me, the secret of it all.
If it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing.
Why not share with the world the way it is and tell them my feelings about my cat, and how I played with my kids, and how addicted to Christmas time I am, and the smell of pine needles and hearing my kids laugh.
I've seen whales calving in the waters off Maui, and I've watched my children being born. But music is the most beautiful thing of all.
We may need to change the way we think. As in Israel, I think there should be a mandatory draft, where you go away for the service of your country for three years.
