John Lennon was never impressed by James Taylor: “I was never struck by his stuff”
Much too mellow.
Author: Tim Coffman Archives: 02/2026
Eric Clapton was always too afraid to revisit Derek and the Dominos: “It was cocaine and heroin”
Too painful to go back.
David Gilmour on the struggles of Live 8 pressure: “I didn’t want to be nervous and tense”
Everything in its right place.
Neil Peart never enjoyed playing like Keith Moon: “That was the important lesson”
Not his flavour of drumming.
The song that Paul Simon will always regret and the chorus that he couldn’t cut: “It didn’t build”
The chorus that never resolved the song.
The only rock album Phil Collins felt Genesis ever made: “We had a real hard edge”
The one with an edge to it.
