“I wanted to take my music into some areas where I’d never taken it before. I’ve had a large following in the contemporary field for a number of years but I’d just never really gone on their territory. But that doesn’t mean to say I won’t still be doing country shows because I will. I love the public but I have no fear of them. I don’t want to offend [country fans] because I love them most of all. I’m doing this because I enjoy it. I’m not gonna stand still for nobody.”
—To Monty Smith, New Musical Express,
June 4, 1977