I have been going to the gym instead of the bar, trying to get back down to my fighting weight.

The Beatles had just come out, and everybody had a band. It was incredible competition out there.

I said, other people can write songs, let's see if I can. So the first 400 or 500 wound up on the floor somewhere. Then I wrote one called Melissa.

I got tired of playing other people's songs.

I got Jimmy Hall from Wet Willie and he also plays now with Hank Williams Jr.

I didn't think we would ever make enough money to pay rent by playing music.