When I wrote Green, Green, it was like a really a statement of where I was at philosophically in my life.

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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...

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

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

The big turning point, really, was the Beatles' influence on American folk music, and then...

The big turning point, really, was the Beatles' influence on American folk music, and then...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I did about a 100 concerts this year. All over the United States. We're cutting...

I did about a 100 concerts this year. All over the United States. We're cutting...

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...