In Other Words: Artists Talk About Life and Work.

They are songs that probe, ... They're not position papers. They're statements about the human condition in a way. . . . It captures something beyond 'I'm right and you're wrong.'

That certainly doesn't mean it's not significant. How much jazz gets played on the radio?

Morrison turned out to be a bitter, defensive guy, by far the biggest disappointment of any of my idols,

I can often enjoy an interview even if the subject doesn't particularly interest me, as long as he has something to say and says it well.

He was one of the architects of the Beatles sound.