Graham Nash On Diane Arbus's Child With A Toy Hand Grenade In Central Park, N.Y.C., 1962

In the waning days of 1968 I had just finished writing a new song called "Teach Your Children," and I immediately recognized that this song would touch a nerve. (I continue to believe that touching nerves is a part of my job as a songwriter.) Sadly, these were some of my last days with my old band, The Hollies, because I had recently sung with David Crosby and Stephen Stills and knew that the three of us had created a vocal sound like no other. I had no choice but to follow that sound, and I knew that I would move to America and live the rest of my life in an environment of fine music and creation.