We played at a club called, the Elbow Room. Don Carlos, the nightclub owner, was very hip and a very important person who made a big impact on my life.

Traffic was very, very free. It was great.

But then you have to write a song, so at that point, I picked up the reins and started to write lyrics.

For me, naming bands was the forerunner to really writing lyrics, because I work off titles.

After that, I specifically started writing lyrics. I would like sweat and think and get it all together.

Because I would just tell everyone it was going to be great and just put that belief in them.

Far From Home was also my idea from a magazine I'd seen.

Guys would hang out in groups just to be with the music.

I think you do better when you are really up for it, cause passion goes up.

I turned everybody on so, psychologically, I guess I was pushing the boundaries creativity.

Mr. Fantasy was the only song that was scribbling on a piece of paper.

So the name of a group has to say something. The name has to be strong.

There I met Gordon Jackson and Dave Meredith who were playing in local bands.

We all ended up jumping up and down, hugging each other when Ali won;cause Ali is the greatest.

We all had a desire and appreciation for such a wide range of music.

We loved everything. We wanted to be able to do anything.

You have to have a strong title. It's got to say something.

You know, I had the ability like a catalyst to really get everybody hyped up.

You try to be moody when you're young and it had a good ring to it.

Everything that Traffic ever did, I'd give Steve a complete lyric, titled, written out with the verse, the bridge, the shape and rhyme and then Steve had to figure out how the meter of the words would fit musically.