I think the '60s and '70s were the peak period for the singer-songwriter, for sure.
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The '60s were a time of great change in American music.
That's the great thing about music. You can find some '60s pop record and feel completely invigorated by it, even though it's so old.
Artists were nurtured back in the '70s. Their music was developed by the record companies.
I thought the '60s was the most exciting time and the most vital music, and we were really together as one mind then. Then afterwards, the songs and the bad drugs, that took its toll.
We came from the '60s era, when we started and made so many hits. The song value from the '60s was so darn good, you've got The Beatles, The Beach Boys, all of Motown, and plenty of other people, too... amazing records, amazing songs.
I think the '70s was a much healthier period for music because people were more innovative and creative.
The '70s and '80s were just the period during which the best soul music was created and the best records were done.
The stores and the things like that, the business side of things came out at the point when, I'd say probably in the early '70s, it looked like the year of the singer-songwriter was over, 'cause music changed in our time and the spotlight was out.
In the 1960s, people were trying to get away from the pop song format. Tracks were getting longer, or much, much shorter.
So many songwriters peak in their early 20s because they're living off their passions.
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