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In my time, we didn't know songs could last. All we ever thought of was next Tuesday. You never imagined a future.

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The songs I write and sing try to say important things with a lightness.

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There's only one thing, in the end, and that's singing truth in a pleasant way.

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I think of myself as a poet. I grew up with poetic influences - what I know from my background is the bardic poetry, which came down through oral tradition.

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The way I sing my songs leads the listener into a place of introspection, a state of mind that can trigger self-healing and the kind of profound rest you cannot get from sleep alone.

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I found in Rick Rubin a kindred soul. When I visited his home and looked in his library, I saw he was reading the very same New Age books I had picked up the month before.

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After having polio, my right leg was weaker, so I wasn't great at football. But I swam lots and even did long-distance running.

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If you have a loved one, you can survive anything.

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I meditate every day and do some hatha yoga every day.

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My dad would always ask, 'How's the money?' but I was never interested. Millions came and went, stolen by the robbers in the music industry. But as someone said, 'You'll never be poor as long as you can pick up a guitar.'

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Musician

Born: May 10th, 1946

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