In early '57, I bought a Fender Telecaster.

The first amp I had back in the '50s was a small Fender.

I've got a Fender Concert amp from the '60s, the one Joe Osborn used. He played his bass through it.

When I came back to California in the early '60s I was hanging out with Jimmy Bowen, Phil Spector, and I wanted to be a record producer and work with other artists.

Alan's publishing company was in the Brill Building, and of course, the Brill Building was where all the songwriters hung out because that's where all the publishers were.

What I really remember is that people camped out everywhere, and the fact everybody expected it might turn into a big nightmare with all sorts of hassles because back in those days everybody was smoking pot and taking acid.