Talent Is A Burden Not A Joy.

By The Time I Was Eight I Was Taking Classical Piano Lessons And I Wanted To Be A Concert Pianist. But That Didn't Work Out. I Graduated From High School And My Formal Education Ended.

There Are All Kinds Of Things That Can Be Done. You Can Change Rhythms, You Can Change Chords, You Can Change Whole Concepts. But It Will Only Work, On A Record Or In A Performance, If You Can Make The People Buy It.

Anything Human Can Be Felt Through Music, Which Means That There Is No Limit To The Creating That Can Be Done With Music. You Can Take The Same Phrase From Any Song And Cut It Up So Many Different Ways - It's Infinite. It's Like God... You Know?

I Would Like You To Know, I Am A Doctor Of Music.

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," A Song That Was Written For Simone, She Confronted The Band's Lead Singer, Eric Burdon. "so You're The Honky," She Said, "who Stole My Song And Got A Hit Out Of It?