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Scottish - Musician | May 10, 1946 -

All of us '60s pop stars came from old cities which had a jazz club, a folk club, a coffee house, and an art school.

Stars Art Coffee School House Jazz

In 1968, I bought a 114-foot yacht, built in 1946, and lived on the Greek islands for a while. We had an extraordinary time in it. Then I gave it to The Beatles.

Time Extraordinary Lived Yacht Built

I've exhibited quite a few of my photographs. I expand them digitally till they're very big. It's an art school thing, I suppose.

Art School Big Expand Quite Few

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.

Myself Poetry Think Tradition Down

Sometimes the songs just come to me. I don't sit down to write like you'd sit down to make a pair of boots.

Me Boots You Down Sometimes Write

I can't save the world, but if I can share some ideas, people might be able to save themselves.

People Ideas World I Can Share Able

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

Important Say Try Write Things Sing

In the 1960s, I was convinced that the world was extremely mentally ill.

World Mentally Convinced 1960s Ill

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.

Alone Sleep Mind Rest You Place

I am so highly skilled that when I pick up a phrase and then pick up my guitar, a form comes out almost immediately - a song - and once I start, I have to finish it.

I Am Song Start Guitar Finish Out

I think my legacy is important because my songs - perhaps more than those of any other songwriter I know - cover every movement from 1965 on, socially and artistically. If you want songs about ecology, I've got ecology songs; if you want songs about spirituality, I've got spiritual songs.

Spiritual Legacy Think You Know

I didn't know until later, but my uncle was quite a famous bohemian in Glasgow, and he played guitar. My father was a kind of a poetic bohemian, and he read me poetry.

Father Poetry Me Guitar Uncle Know

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