I want to be remembered as one of the best record producers of my era.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I want to be the number one songwriter-producer guy of all time.
My ambition was to be a record producer, and I had started doing that in the late '60s with my work with the MC5 and my friend Livingston Taylor.
I want to be known simply as a producer who makes music.
I'm just a musician and a record producer.
When I came back to California in the early '60s I was hanging out with Jimmy Bowen, Phil Spector, and I wanted to be a record producer and work with other artists.
I think too many artists from my era tend to just stamp out a record.
In the beginning, I wanted to be successful. I wanted to make and have hit records.
I'd like just to be remembered as a guy that came along and did his music, did his best and showed up on time, clean and ready to do the job, wrote a few songs, and had a hell of a time.
I'd like to be remembered as a premier singer of songs, not just a popular act of a given period.
I want to be remembered as a great performer.