So I guess I had, I think they tell me I had, about three years total of piano lessons, off and on.

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My first album is like a terrible John Hammond album, with drums.

My first album is like a terrible John Hammond album, with drums.

Well, I don't think it ever did, but in the early '60s I got interested...

Well, I don't think it ever did, but in the early '60s I got interested...

I don't like piano solos.

I don't like piano solos.

I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.

I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.

Dylan doesn't have to make Blonde On Blonde every time.

Dylan doesn't have to make Blonde On Blonde every time.

Mutineer is the first album of mine without a demo stage.

Mutineer is the first album of mine without a demo stage.

I missed jazz, kind of. And by the time I came to it in life,...

I missed jazz, kind of. And by the time I came to it in life,...

You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to...

You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to...

Everywhere I go, I have my little Steinberger, and I like it very well.

Everywhere I go, I have my little Steinberger, and I like it very well.

Send lawyers, guns and money, the shit has hit the fan.

Send lawyers, guns and money, the shit has hit the fan.

Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find...

Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find...

I have no guitar technique.

I have no guitar technique.

I mean, I haven't been completely lacking in some enjoyment of Chuck Berry or Buddy...

I mean, I haven't been completely lacking in some enjoyment of Chuck Berry or Buddy...

My memory is not even what most people's is, much less what it oughta be...

My memory is not even what most people's is, much less what it oughta be...

And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me...

And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me...

Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.

Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.

But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging.

But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging.

I don't learn so good, no matter how good the teacher is.

I don't learn so good, no matter how good the teacher is.

I'm not a big jazz fan.

I'm not a big jazz fan.

Piano is like drudgery.

Piano is like drudgery.