davis: so, david came to me, and i was offered poco, a very strong young rock group, for david crosbys: when david finally moved to california, he cornered me and said, "i'm gonna become your partner." and at this time, i'm managing neil young, and joni, and crosby, stills and nash. and i'm doing great. and i've got david's guidance, and i'm... uh, for a second there, i think, "why would i want a partner?" um, and i say that to david. "why would i want a partner? can't we keep it the way it is?" he says, "elliot, think about it for 30 seconds. if we're together, am i gonna make you a lot of money? are we gonna do great things?" and by the time we went into the house, we had hugged, shaked hands, and the next morning we started geffen-roberts. ♪ don't you know we're riding on the marrakesh express ♪ ♪ don't you know we're riding on the marrakesh express ♪ ♪ they're taking me to marrakesh ♪ and at that point, rock and roll was a business where all the contracts were very against an artist -- paid very, very small rates, took your masters, took your publishing. uh, and we thought, this i