During the 60's, I was, in fact, very concerned about the civil rights movement.
I was in college for two years, and just hated it in the '60s.
The second half of the '60s really was a kind of learning period, in terms of writing, for me.
I was saying to Paul Schrader that he missed the idealism and the passion of that era in Hollywood, but also in American life, that '60s sense of optimism and hope.
Well, I don't think it ever did, but in the early '60s I got interested in folk music.
With the '60s era and Motown, my grandparents actually introduced us to that when I was younger, so I grew up listening to the Jackson Five, Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, The Supremes and Diana Ross' solo stuff. I just loved it.
We came from the '60s era, when we started and made so many hits. The song value from the '60s was so darn good, you've got The Beatles, The Beach Boys, all of Motown, and plenty of other people, too... amazing records, amazing songs.
I am of that '60s generation, and for people of my age, that phrase 'change the world' has a real resonance.
My mom was a working woman. She made more money than my dad. Both my parents worked. And this was in the '60s.
To the extent that '60s guys own things, yes... but I don't have the publishing, just like most '60s guys, and that was an error, you know... part ownership in publishing was the kind of era that started a little bit later, when real businessmen started to manage artists.
The problem with hanging on to the '60s is that everyone thought they would go on forever.
