"I like the fact that music is more abstract."

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"I like the fact that music is more abstract."

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"Well, I don't think it ever did, but in the early '60s I got interested in folk music."

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"Women! I have no idea. I don't know anything about women at all. They're a complete mystery to me."

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"But I was feeling quite down at the time. I was living in L.A., which was kind of weird for me."

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"When I stopped touring in the early '80s for a few years, it was a mistake looking back. I lost touch with my audience in a way and I think that was a bad career move."

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