I was an insecure young man. So my need for total dedication from the people I was working with was very great. Those things were tempered as time passed by.

At the time, there was a great disagreement over 'The Wild and the Innocent,' and I was asked to record the entire album over again with studio musicians. And I said I wouldn't do it, and they basically said, 'Well hey, look, it's going to go in the trash can.' That's the record business, you know.

Most bands don't work out. A small unit democracy is very, very difficult. Very, very difficult.

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