when did you try to commit suicide? >> i was 21. >> the year was 1970. >> when you have one foot still in childhood and another foot in adulthood, it's a difficult time for a lot of people. i felt like i was a musician, but i was not successful. i wasn't making any money. i had no place to live. i had no prospects, and i thought, well, the world doesn't need another failed musician. and i was in a depressed state. >> and then comes 1976, '77, '78. in that seven. year period you release seven albums, maybe. >> '71 would have been "cold