— Every Mind Polluting Word — “People now think I got nothing but raves in the ‘60s, but you ought to dig out some
of those old papers and you’ll see it wasn’t true. This is nothing new. The main thing is I believe in these tunes. That’s why I’m still doing them. “I can still get chills sometimes when I’m singing ‘It’s Alright, Ma’—the verse that
starts, ‘You lose yourself, you reappear/You suddenly find you got nothin’ to fear... ‘ “The reason I’m changing the songs and doing them a new way is to get the power out
of them. Every song I do up there means something to me. I’m not there just so people can relive their memories. I’m not out to bring back the ‘60s. They’re over. I’m not nostalgic for those days at all.”