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" After six or seven performances of any song, you begin to perform it rather than feel it. "
Seven
Song
Begin
" All the signs were right. And when I mean all the sings were right, the only signs that we care about when we start a project of making a record is, do we have the songs - it's that simple. "
Right
Care
Signs
" Being in a different band always brings great musical experiences to be able to draw on. "
Different
Great
Being
" Generally, my writing is influenced by living, by absorbing everything that happens to me and my actions. "
Everything
Writing
Me
" I don't have to ask anyone's permission to do anything. It's nice not have to get decisions out of three, sometimes four people, which can be like pulling teeth. So the amount of control that I have over what I'm doing is better for me as a solo artist. "
Nice
Me
Decisions
" I fail to see the issue that will shock the people of this great country of ours into some decisive action. "
Country
Action
See
" If every human being disappeared off the face of the earth in an instant, the earth would still keep spinning and the planet would develop new life forms. "
Life
Earth
Face
" I find it somewhat difficult to write with other people, although it has happened occasionally. "
Difficult
People
Write
" If I read or listened to critics of our music, I'd have been discouraged a long time ago. "
Critics
Long
Time
" If you don't want to be there, it shows in the energy that you put out and in your actions. "
You
Your
Actions
" I mean, there's times to rock and roll, and I love that too. But I think my first love is acoustic music. "
Love Is
Love
Mean
" I'm not so sure that people consider homelessness to be as important as, say, the Vietnam War. One should never even try to equate them because, of course, they're tragedies on both sides of the coin. "
Important
Never
People
" I'm trying to communicate here. I'm a communicator, I like to communicate, and if a million people buy it then we've touched a million people, if only 10 people buy it, then we've only touched 10, and that's important, because I'm satisfied with only 10. But, I love a million. "
Like
Important
Trying
" I only do solo albums when songs are screaming at me to be let out of my mind. "
Mind
Out
Only
" I realized at one point that David and I had not made a record together in almost 26 years and I thought that that was absurd because, first of all it had gone so fast, I didn't really realize, neither did David, that it had been that long. "
Thought
Realize
Fast
" I think Stills has been playing better than ever. I know a lot of it sounds self-serving, but he truly has. "
Playing
Than
Been
" I've been a photographer all these years... I haven't been in my own darkroom for 10 years. "
Photographer
Been
Years
" I've been listening to a lot of Hollies stuff lately, and it's beginning to sound pretty good to me. "
Me
Listening
Beginning
" I wasn't thinking of the longevity of any of my songs, but I am extremely pleased with the lasting effect. "
I Am
Thinking
Effect
" I worked very hard on me and David's record and I'm extremely proud of the record, as most people are who were involved with it. And, it's been wonderfully received by people who like our kind of music, they think it's something special, and so do I. "
Think
Me
Special
" Just with the basic one guitar, one piano and one vocal and an audience, I think that the intimacy comes through more. People feel much more connected to the song because there's nothing in the way, and I actually enjoy doing that. "
Guitar
Think
Enjoy
" Martin guitars have now brought out, you know, on a more traditional level, the Stephen Stills' model of Martin guitars. It's beautiful. I just went inside. I bought one immediately. "
More
You
Know
" Neil's effect on the band was immediate and very fulfilling. He adds a certain edge to the sound and, of course, he is an incredible musician. We became a better band because of the inclusion of Neil Young. "
Inclusion
Better
Edge
" One can't deny what has happened to us in the past. The secret is to enjoy and be proud of the music we've created and the people with whom we have been linked. It's all a long chain of involvement in the world, and we are proud to be yet another link in this chain. "
Music
People
Proud
" People like Beck and Shawn Colvin are some of the people I listen to lately. "
Like
Beck
Shawn
" The Hollies, after I left in 1968, had the audacity, the gall, to have three number one records after I left. Thanks a lot, guys. "
Thanks
Three
Records
" There are always new things to experience, internalize then write about. This process is ongoing with me. It never stops. The opportunity to reach new audiences with all of the music that we have made is thrilling. "
Me
Music
Opportunity
" There is a great correlation between music and images. "
Great
Images
Music
" This digital world is completely fascinating to me. "
Digital
World
Me
" We are excited about the music, past and present and future, and are really looking forward to playing. "
Future
Forward
Looking
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