If I Didn't Do What I Do,

I'm Not Saving Lives. I'm Singing And I Should Go Placidly And Joyously Through The Whole Thing And Work Hard And Not Take It For Granted. It's Great To Have This Gift.

Don't Be Hard On Yourself. And Take As Many Chances, Risks, As You Can. You've Got To Be Out There Adventuring With The Voice. Because If You're Just A Singer For The Sake Of It, It's Not Quite Enough.

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.

Possibly The Whole Creative Whirlwind Of Any Musician's Life Is Based On Garnering And Developing And Absorbing More And More Experience.

Lately, I'm Spending More And More Time Working With Non-rock Musicians And Leaving The Mainstream - Almost Dissolving Into Another World, Musically.