David Crosby

I don't like greed, I don't like ignorance. I really don't like anger. But I love love. ”

I'm an inveterate bookstore wanderer. I read constantly, so I love a good bookstore. I can't help it. ”

I'm older than I'd like and I'm creaky, but I'm doing alright. ”

My songs emerge from my life, or wherever they do, unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own. ”

I get egotistical about things where I can do something well - for example, my singing. Most other things, I don't have the wherewithal to back it up. ”

Sailing became one of the mainstreams of my life. I suppose my father was an influence. I remember seeing a photo of him at home sailing a big boat to Bermuda in his 20s. I still have it. ”

When it all started, record companies - and there were many of them, and this was a good thing - were run by people who loved records, people like Ahmet Ertegun, who ran Atlantic Records, who were record collectors. They got in it because they loved music... Now, record companies are run by lawyers and accountants. ”

The people who run record companies now wouldn't know a song if it flew up their nose and died. They haven't a clue, and they don't care. You tell them that, and they go, Yeah? So, your point is? ”

Now record companies are run by lawyers and accountants. The shift from the one to the other was definitely related to when the takes started to get big. ”

When it all started, record companies - and there were many of them, and this was a good thing - were run by people who loved records, people like Ahmet Ertegun, who ran Atlantic Records, who were record collectors. They got in it because they loved music. ”