The music we made then was so amateurish, compared to the rest of mainstream pop or rock and roll. But read more

The music we made then was so amateurish, compared to the rest of mainstream pop or rock and roll. But what differentiated us from what everybody else was doing in the business was the fact that you could tell that these people came from different reference areas.

Long ago, people used to host Sunday afternoon dances with desserts and tea. We figured with the growing popularity of read more

Long ago, people used to host Sunday afternoon dances with desserts and tea. We figured with the growing popularity of the tango, we might be able to bring back two lost traditions.

The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.

The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.

We just needed to get the ball to go in the basket maybe in the first and second quarter a read more

We just needed to get the ball to go in the basket maybe in the first and second quarter a little more. A couple of shots here or there. Then maybe if we can make a run, it could have been a little different.

My guess is that the U.S. will say we are doing what we can. The Saudis will say please do read more

My guess is that the U.S. will say we are doing what we can. The Saudis will say please do more and there will be an agreement to work together to do a little bit more.

It requires no banks, no safe-deposit boxes. It just needs communication.

It requires no banks, no safe-deposit boxes. It just needs communication.

So many families live from paycheck to paycheck. So few have that nest egg anymore.

So many families live from paycheck to paycheck. So few have that nest egg anymore.

It's an environment where it is very difficult to jump in.

It's an environment where it is very difficult to jump in.

These were all middle-class kids from literary backgrounds, joining this sort of train going by, this pop train, jumping on. read more

These were all middle-class kids from literary backgrounds, joining this sort of train going by, this pop train, jumping on. Whereas the rest of the rock scene, you'll find that there's mostly working-class people.