Yeah, early '71 is when I got my record contract. I had a record come out by August of '71. Things happened really fast.

I was kind of thrown into - I didn't expect to do this for a living, being a recording artist. I was just playing music for the fun of it and writing songs. That was kind of my escape, you know, from the humdrum of the world.

I hate to admit it to my wife, but I only wear two outfits on the road, and then a third one during the day, but I carry about 20.

I don't like to be caught without a pick.

I did three club tours before I started playing concert halls, and the clubs were half full the first time around.

'Sam Stone' is a song about futility.

In high school, I was a poor student.

The more producers I talked to, the more I got looked at like I was crazy for wanting to make a live-sounding album.

People keep inventing all these new machines, and producers and recording engineers keep wanting to use them.

Because of my song 'Sam Stone,' a lot of people thought I was interested in writing protest songs. Writing protest songs always struck me as patting yourself on the back.