The big turning point, really, was the Beatles' influence on American folk music, and then Roger took it to the next step, and then along came the Lovin' Spoonful and everybody else.

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There's only one drummer. We all travel to his beat. Well, I couldn't sing his...

There's only one drummer. We all travel to his beat. Well, I couldn't sing his...

To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true... I've...

To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true... I've...

I know great songwriters. Fred Neil would come up when he was in L.A., we...

I know great songwriters. Fred Neil would come up when he was in L.A., we...

If you listen to the left track on their album, if you get The Best...

If you listen to the left track on their album, if you get The Best...

I was very laced with drugs myself, but Fred seemed to be even more so...

I was very laced with drugs myself, but Fred seemed to be even more so...

Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace

Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace

So gradually, and then I had an Italian roadster that I built, it took me...

So gradually, and then I had an Italian roadster that I built, it took me...

When I wrote Green, Green, it was like a really a statement of where I...

When I wrote Green, Green, it was like a really a statement of where I...

Marches alone won't bring integration when human respect is disintegratin'

Marches alone won't bring integration when human respect is disintegratin'

There was a report that used to come out back in those days, I don't...

There was a report that used to come out back in those days, I don't...

But times changed, and I changed, and I didn't feel that way anymore. The Beatles...

But times changed, and I changed, and I didn't feel that way anymore. The Beatles...

And there was a real shedding of the old dogma, like boundaries of morality were...

And there was a real shedding of the old dogma, like boundaries of morality were...

I remember we woke up one morning at Denny's house and John Phillips called. He...

I remember we woke up one morning at Denny's house and John Phillips called. He...

You know, the music business is like the Lotto. Just put your numbers down and...

You know, the music business is like the Lotto. Just put your numbers down and...

Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space, but when you return, it's...

Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space, but when you return, it's...

My buddies worked with me for weeks, and I went up to take my test,...

My buddies worked with me for weeks, and I went up to take my test,...

Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace.

Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace.

That's why I had to leave Hair on Broadway, because I did it for about...

That's why I had to leave Hair on Broadway, because I did it for about...

And a friend of mine in the Christys, we used to sit up at night...

And a friend of mine in the Christys, we used to sit up at night...

It was really fun. Well, Bobby was just basically a folk singer. He didn't play...

It was really fun. Well, Bobby was just basically a folk singer. He didn't play...