What Makes The Stones' Arrogance

While The Beatles Always Had George Martin Around To Clean Up Their Act, The Rolling Stones Had Andrew Loog Oldham To Coarsen Theirs.

Often, Equipment Can As Easily Function As A Security Blanket For Musicians Unwilling Or Unable To Risk Anything Personal In The Studio. Whether One Catches The Feeling On A Record Is A Subjective Matter. How Can You Be Sure? The Machinery Can Hold Out The Promise Of At Least Mechanical Perfection.

Joni Mitchell Seems Destined To Remain In A State Of Permanent Dissatisfaction - Always Knowing What She Would Like To Do, Always More Depressed When It's Done.

The Early Bob Dylan Was Compulsively Drawn To The Conflict Between Stability And The Search For Immortality.

When The Beatles Cut Old Rock N' Roll, They Were Recording Music Still In Their Performing Repertoire, And Besides, They Never Thought Of The Music As Old.