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I naturally wanted to be saved, so when I came home I told my mom I wanted to be confirmed. That's the way I related to it, being raised an Episcopalian. I went to Dallas and got confirmed.

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I figured out early on what I wanted to do.

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I got out of high school, bought a recording studio and started operating it as an engineer and a producer.

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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.

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I made a few records here and there by default, but I wasn't ever comfortable in that role. I wasn't comfortable on stage. We'll see how it goes this time.

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I want to write songs and play them for people - live.

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The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem.

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Everything around a writer, or musician in the record business, probably everything in all the United States or in all of western civilization, is about competition.

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I think we in the Alpha Band, which was a strange group anyway, weren't dealing with any of these issues. They sneaked up on us and took us over, before we know what was going on.

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In other words, I'd say the whole story of Bob Dylan is one man's search for God. The turns and the steps he takes to find God are his business. I think he went to a study group at the Vineyard, and it created a lot of excitement.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: January 14th, 1948

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