Page 169:  The bottom line was I liked Mike and I knew he understood what I wanted to do musically.  We weren't aiming for a few successful records and some modest hits.  We were aiming for impact, for influence, for the top rung of what recording artists are capable of achieving.  We both knew rock music was a culture shaper, I wanted to collide with the times and create a voice that had musical, social and cultural impact.  Mike understood that this was my goal.  In the end, I would have signed Mike's jockey shorts, if he'd presented them to me, to get my foot in the door.

Page 170:  The next thing Mike finagled-and I couldn't believe it- was an audition with John Hammond. John Hammond! The legendary producer who signed Dylan, Aretha, Billie Holiday-a giant in the recording business.  The motor mouth of Mike Appel was a fierce and surgical instrument when put to proper use. Mike could've talked Jesus down from the cross, Santa Claus out of Christmas and Pam Anderson out of breast augmentation. He talked us off the street and into the inner sanctum of John Hammond's office. My man was a managerial genius.

Page 258:  Along with Jon and Steve, Mike was my musical brother in arms.  He knew everything about the great groups, the fabulous hit records, every important nuance of the great singers' voices, the greatest riffs, the heart and soul that were in our favorite music.  When we talked, he could finish my sentences.  He was a fan with all the beauty and import that word carries for me.  Mike was funny, cynical, dreamy and profane, and when you were with him, you were always laughing.

Page 258:  We had been someplace special together, someplace unique, a place where we had to depend upon each other and nothing else, where things that meant something were at stake.  I could never hate Mike; I can only love him.

The companion album 'Chapter in Verse' has four songs produced by Mike Appel:  'Henry Boy', 'Born to Run','4th of July (Sandy)' and 'Growin' Up' and it is top five in 16 different countries of the world as of January 2017