I Tried To Reach The Combatants With

I Tried To Reach The Combatants With My Music. I Tried To Turn My Anger Into Something Positive. Myself, And Others Like Me, Just Tried To Keep Rock And Roll Alive.

I May Sing The Same Songs For Over 40 Years Now But I Always Sing Them In Different Ways In Order To Keep The Excitement And Passion Alive.

The Basis Of Everything That I Plugged Into When I Was Younger Was Blues, And It Always Stayed With Me.

I Did Have A Life Before The Animals, And I'm Trying Constantly To Prove That I Have A Life After The Animals. People Tend To Forget That I Was The Frontman With War For Two Years. People Sort Of Have Compartmental Memories.

Well, It Seems That One Day Dylan Was Drivin' Up To San Francisco From New Orleans Or Somewhere, When Our Record [house Of The Rising Sun] Came Over His Radio. When It Was Announced He Said To Joan Baez -- Who Was With Him At The Time -- 'this'll Be The First Time I've Heard This Version', Although It Was Number One In The States. So He Listened To It, Stopped The Car, Ran Round The Car Five Times, Banged His Head On The Bumper And Began Leapin' About Shouting 'it's Great! It's Great!'