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I Left Rock And Roll Professionally At About 49. That's Too Long As Far As I'm Concerned. Some People Can Do It; It Depends On What You Were.

The Way I Paint Is Similar To Rock In That You Don't Stand Around And Say, 'gee, What Are They Talking About?' Rock Is Simple, Blunt, Colorful. Same With My Paintings. You Don't Stand Back And Wonder What It Is. That's Jim Morrison, That's A Panda, That's A Scene On The West Coast. It's Not Abstract.

Jerry Garcia Used To Take His Paints On The Road. I Don't Do That. Either I'm A Singer Or A Painter. I'm Not Good At Multi-tasking.

You Either Evolve Or You Don't. I Don't Like Old People On A Rock N' Roll Stage. I Think They Look Pathetic, Me Included. And The Fact That I Represent An Era Means I Can't Just Go Out There And Do All New Stuff. They Would All Say, 'sing 'white Rabbit,'' And I'd Say No? That's Rude.

'white Rabbit' Was Mostly Done In About Two Days, The Music In About Half An Hour. The Music Is A 'bolero' Rip-off And The Lyrics A Rearrangement Of 'alice In Wonderland.' You Take Two Spectacular Hits And Throw Them Together, And It's Hard To Miss.