I was never trying to write a hit. I was just trying to write good songs and get a message out, and it was my great good fortune to be popular.
A lot of people that embark on spiritual endeavors tended to, especially in the '60s and '70s, they tended to give up what they had before and cut themselves off from their lives, previous life as it were. But, I don't think that one should do that.
As football players you have all the experience on the field. You don't have the experience off the field.