Charles Lloyd - I was a time bomb waiting to detonate, burned out, sick of the music busine

I was a time bomb waiting to detonate, burned out, sick of the music business, out of touch with everything and heavily abusing various substances, disillusioned with life, and intensely needed to work on my character. The only way I could see to do that was to withdraw completely from public life as I had known it before.

- Charles Lloyd

source: "A Fireside Chat With Charles Lloyd". All About Jazz Interview, www.allaboutjazz.com. May 17, 2004.