You know, the music business is like the Lotto. Just put your numbers down and sometimes they hit, and sometimes they don't. There's just no rhyme or reason.

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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'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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...