You also have to have the time to write. You have to have the isolation to write. And the more demands that are put on you, the harder it is. I mean, it seems like everybody wants a piece of your time at a certain point. There was a time when nobody cared, and that was one of the most productive times, when nobody gave a shit who I was.
Life gets complex as the years go by.
You start having hopes for other people rather than for yourself. But I don't have nothin' to complain about. I did what I wanted to do. And I'm still doing it. A lot of fans would say that the Band, which was backing you up in the mid-Sixties, was the greatest group you ever had.