Though Chains Be Of Gold,

I've Been Accused Of Being A Little Pedantic Here And There, But I Don't Buy That Criticism. I'm Telling It Like I See It. You Don't Have To Buy It. You Don't Have To Like It. You Don't Have To Listen To It At All. I'm Not Trying To Convince People Of Things, Other Than The Fact That I'm Trying To Make As Vivid As I Can My Own Feelings And Experiences.

Like A Stone On The Surface Of A Still River Driving The Ripples On Forever Redemption Rips Through The Surface Of Time In The Cry Of A Tiny Babe.

I Wanted To Play Rock And Roll When I Started Playing. Nobody At That Time Ever Thought About Songwriting. You Sang Songs, That's All. You Sang Other People's Songs. That's All There Were.

All These Years Of Thinking, Ending Up Like This: In Front Of All This Beauty, Understanding Nothing.

My Models For Graceful Aging Are Guys Like John Lee Hooker And Mississippi John Hurt, Who Never Stopped Working Till They Dropped, As I Fully Expect To Be Doing, And Just Getting Better As Musicians And As Human Beings.