"Lowell was determined to make "Rock and Roll Doctor" musically complicated, which made it a quite difficult process. Most songs are written in a quite straightforward formula, you know -- A, B, C, section, chorus, bridge. But Lowell used to talk in terms of the "cracked mosaic"...and I think that song is a prime example of intentional irregularity." --Fred Martin, co-author of "Rock and Roll Doctor""China White has been around for a very long time--certainly since the early '70s, possibly even earlier...there are certain tunes that Lowell wrote but that he never felt could be rendered properly with the band. This one he attempted to do on his own, yet still didn't release it himself (on Thanks I'll Eat It Here). I think it was probably rather easy for him to write, if you know what I mean." --- Elizabeth George
I wrote this tune (All That You Dream) during one of our many breakups...I played it for Lowell and he barely listened to it the first time through. Had it not been for George Massenburg humming the hook a thousand millions times over the year, Lowell probably would still never have heard that tune, but when he finally did hear it, he liked it a lot. ___Paul Barrere