Ringo Starr May Not Have Much Of

The Rolling Stones Have Been The Best Of All Possible Worlds: They Have The Lack Of Pretension And Sentimentality Associated With The Blues, The Rawness And Toughness Of Hard Rock, And The Depth Which Always Makes You Feel That They Are In The Midst Of Saying Something. They Have Never Impressed Me As Being Kitsch.

Everyone Eventually Winds Up Writing About Themselves - The Problem Is Finding The Best Way To Go About It. To Write About Oneself Literally, In The First Person, Presumes A More Interesting Personal Life And Philosophy Than Most Rock Lyricists Possess. John Lennon Was Good For One Great Album Based On Musical Direct Address, 'plastic Ono Band.

'call Me' Is Not An Exceptional Al Green Album, But It Is As Solid As A Rock At Its Center.

'dance To The Music' Was Just Sly Stone Being His Natural Crazy Self Right From The Beginning. The Man Was An Original And His First Am Hit Was Nothing If It Wasn't The Example Per Excellence Of The Sly Stone Music Machine.

My Ambition Was To Be A Record Producer, And I Had Started Doing That In The Late '60s With My Work With The Mc5 And My Friend Livingston Taylor.