1:09:02
"And you're here, here, here."
1:09:04
"X number of people aren't coming.
You better do this...
1:09:07
...because your account is at X."
1:09:09
"You invested in Electric Ladyland and...
1:09:11
...maybe this isn't working
or that is working."
1:09:13
So, I think he had all these pressures
on him, you know.
1:09:19
You're not supposed to deal with that.
You're supposed to make music.
1:09:23
Someone said it's hard to sing the blues
when you're makin' that kind of money.
1:09:26
This assumes you can't be unhappy
and have a lot of money.
1:09:29
Sometimes it gets to be really easy
to sing the blues...
1:09:32
... when you're supposed
to be makin' all this money.
1:09:35
'Cause money is gettin'
to be outta hand now, you know.
1:09:38
Musicians, especially young cats,
they get a chance...
1:09:41
... to make all this money and say,
"This is fantastic!"
1:09:44
Like I said, they lose themselves
and forget about the music itself.
1:09:47
They forget about their talents,
and the other half of them.
1:09:50
So, you can sing a whole lot of blues.
1:09:52
The more money you make,
the more blues you can sing.
1:09:55
A lot of things were goin' on around him
that he didn't like...
1:09:58
...and he always wondered,
"What is the method?"
1:10:00
"How do you straighten out these things...
1:10:03
...without hurtin' people?
You know, gettin' violent."
1:10:06
I said, "Damn, that ain't possible."
You know?
1:10:09
We ciphered it out,
if it has to be ciphered out.
1:10:12
- That "might is right".
- Sometimes right.
1:10:14
You know, "might is right",
and he was mighty.
1:10:17
He was the king, and his castle
was gettin' fucked up all around him.
1:10:20
But he was the king of the castle.
1:10:22
All he cared about was survival, you know,
and peace of mind.
1:10:26
And that was the hardest thing
in the world for him to get, man.
1:10:29
The hardest thing in the world.
Because people wouldn't leave him alone.
1:10:33
Those who didn't mean him good
wouldn't leave him alone.
1:10:36
The people that could do him some good,
they wouldn't do it...
1:10:39
...in the manner that would do him
some good.
1:10:42
Far as I'm concerned,
the easiest thing to do...
1:10:44
...is to leave somebody alone.
But they wouldn't, before and after.