The Music Beckons To Those Who Are

You Feel Quite Distant By Playing At Huge Stadiums Year After Year, Where You Only Can See A Great Darkness In Front Of You

People Run Away, Pull Their Hair, Go Off In Different Directions, Nodding Their Heads And Going, "oh, God." I Am Slightly Disheveled, I Think. I'm Really Pleased That I Am, Because Otherwise I Could Be In A Really, Really Dull And Boring Place Now, As A Musician, At Least.

I Can Find My Way From 500 A.d. Through To 1066 Pretty Well As An Amateur Historian.

I Put A Lot Of Work Into My Lyrics. Not All My Stuff Is Meant To Be Scrutinized, Though.

I'd Break Out In Hives If I Had To Sing (`stairway To Heaven') In Every Show. I Wrote Those Lyrics And Found That Song To Be Of Some Importance And Consequence In 1971, But 17 Years Later, I Don't Know. It's Just Not For Me. I Sang It At The Atlantic Records Show Because I'm An Old Softie And It Was My Way Of Saying Thank You To Atlantic Because I've Been With Them For 20 Years. But No More Of `stairway To Heaven' For Me.