Each One Of Them Suffering From The

I'm Not A Playwright. The People In My Songs Are All Me.

I Play These [folk Acoustic] Concerts And I Ask Myself, 'would You Come See Me Tonight?' - And I'd Have To Answer Truthfully, 'no, I Wouldn't Come. I'd Rather Be Doin' Something Else, Really I Would. That Something Else Is Rock... The Words Are Pictures, And The Rock's Gonna Help Me Flesh Out The Colors Of The Pictures. (1965)

We Shouldn't Confuse Singers And Performers With Actors. Actors Will Say, "my Character This, And My Character That." Like Beating A Dead Horse. Who Cares About The Character? Just Get Up And Act. You Don't Have To Explain It To Me.

You Don't Write A Song To Sit There On A Page. You Write It To Sing It.

Rod's A Great Singer. He's Got A Great Voice, But There's No Point To Put A 30-piece Orchestra Behind Him. I'm Not Going To Knock Anybody's Right To Make A Living But You Can Always Tell If Somebody's Heart And Soul Is Into Something, And I Didn't Think Rod Was Into It In That Way.