You get on the radio by writing your own songs. But we had the dilemma of not being able to play anywhere because we weren't able to play anything that anyone wanted to hear. So we learned songs that we…

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When we first started playing in the early days, none of us really had any...

When we first started playing in the early days, none of us really had any...

If you put this in the context of Detroit in '64 or '65, the economy...

If you put this in the context of Detroit in '64 or '65, the economy...

As time went on, we formed a number of different bands. We played in rival,...

As time went on, we formed a number of different bands. We played in rival,...

We played together for so long and we got to the point where our styles...

We played together for so long and we got to the point where our styles...

It wasn't a class system where I was the better guy and he was the...

It wasn't a class system where I was the better guy and he was the...

But when I was a teenager, the idea of spending the rest of my life...

But when I was a teenager, the idea of spending the rest of my life...

I was a little ahead of him but that didn't matter after awhile.

I was a little ahead of him but that didn't matter after awhile.

When I first started playing in a band, before the Beatles, working bands played standards...

When I first started playing in a band, before the Beatles, working bands played standards...

When we first met, I was trying to put a band together. I asked around...

When we first met, I was trying to put a band together. I asked around...

Drugs, sex, booze, all the stuff that we wanted to do. The problem was that...

Drugs, sex, booze, all the stuff that we wanted to do. The problem was that...

I hate that expression, 'fusion.' What it means to me is this movement where nothing...

I hate that expression, 'fusion.' What it means to me is this movement where nothing...

Drugs, were a symptom - they weren't the cause of anything.

Drugs, were a symptom - they weren't the cause of anything.

Aesthetically, we were enormously successful. Economically... there was no success. It was all about music...

Aesthetically, we were enormously successful. Economically... there was no success. It was all about music...