If you take the time away, you take the character away..

Far From Home was also my idea from a magazine I'd seen..

I have always had a tremendous amount of energy and any band I was ever in from the age of fourteen, I would always be the one who would describe the….

I have to confess that a strong contributing factor was that I had just taken what was probably the first acid ever made, given to me by a guy called….

We played at a club called, the Elbow Room. Don Carlos, the nightclub owner, was very hip and a very important person who made a big impact on my lif….

It's strange the way people hear and see things. Like going to films - —violent films. To me, seeing violence in a film makes me hate the violence. B….

If you have words and want to write music for them, the words hit you with a feeling which you can't really describe in words, and so what you do is ….

After that, I specifically started writing lyrics. I would like sweat and think and get it all together..

So the name of a group has to say something. The name has to be strong..

Mr. Fantasy was the only song that was scribbling on a piece of paper..

Guys would hang out in groups just to be with the music..

I think you do better when you are really up for it, cause passion goes up..

The States are great. I'd like to go just to see life, see things and hear people talk. It's like a circus where different acts go on at the same tim….

You have to have a strong title. It's got to say something..

For me, naming bands was the forerunner to really writing lyrics, because I work off titles..

Everything that Traffic ever did, I'd give Steve a complete lyric, titled, written out with the verse, the bridge, the shape and rhyme and then Steve….

Traffic was very, very free. It was great..

You know, I had the ability like a catalyst to really get everybody hyped up..

I turned everybody on so, psychologically, I guess I was pushing the boundaries creativity..

I like to hear songs which can lay it all on, songs which can look at the dark side as well as the bright side, sometimes they can be as strong as ea….

We all had a desire and appreciation for such a wide range of music..