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Music is the shorthand of emotion.

We were telling everybody we weren’t getting back together when we were in the studio actually recording. We wanted to try it on, to see how it would fit.

As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any style and have it be soulful and have it be your own voice.

My role in the Mamas and Papas was basically just to sing.

Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house-the color of the slates and bricks, the shape of the windows. The notes are the bricks and the mortar of the house.

We went for the best overall feel on each song. There are no musical overdubs at all. It’s a true live record; it’s one of the few true live records out there.

I’m always in that mode – whenever I have a little free time, I’m always recording songs, writing, whatever I gotta do. It’s like my job is my vacation.

I’ll give up this sort of touring madness certainly, but music-everything is based on music. No, I’ll never stop my music.

If it wasn’t good, I wouldn’t be going back out on tour.

We each have our own tour bus. We’ve never done that before.