You try to be moody when you're young and it had a good ring to it.

You know, I had the ability like a catalyst to really get everybody hyped up.

This was an important part of my life. But it was also sad that we didn't play there, cause we had such alot of fans that were waiting for us and Brazilians are great people. It's now my second home.

Everything that Traffic ever did, I'd give Steve a complete lyric, titled, written out with the verse, the bridge, the shape and rhyme and then Steve had to figure out how the meter of the words would fit musically.

Shouting at people keeps you alive, healthy, young, fresh.

For me, naming bands was the forerunner to really writing lyrics, because I work off titles.