"Was I dreaming? There I was, walking to Steve Paul’s office with Jimi Hendrix..."

"It was too good to be true! I set up the reel-to-reel tape recorder I hauled around with me. I told Jimi I had three Raven songs on my tape and would appreciate it if he would listen to them all. “Let’s get through the first one before I commit to the others,” he said.

“But first, let’s get stoned.” Stoned? Wow. I was going to get high with one of the world’s most famous musicians..."

"I was going to party with the big boys at Steve Paul’s Scene. I had made it!" 

"Little did I know I was now on my road to nowhere..."