(Rehearsal’s) mostly to get the sound and lights up and knock a few cobwebs off.

We’d go in there without much of an idea and sit and discuss. They evolved in the studio itself. Directions would appear, and it often fell to me to write the poem that connected the...

We used to think that we were aiming at the head and the heart, rather than the groin. The Stones did (raunchy). You need balance. ‘The Other Side of Life’ was a try to get...

(She) is classically trained, but amazing enough, she’s got a rock ‘n’ roll heart. She was playing bass in a rock band. … It’s still different. Ray had that raw, don’t-give-a-damn rock ‘n’ roll energy,...