| More than 20 friends and collaborators talked to The Post about the motivations of the 76-year-old guitar icon, a three-time inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, who has emerged as a vocal critic of stay-at-home orders and vaccination measures during the pandemic. What emerges is a portrait of an artist who largely stayed away from political matters but always prioritized his career and musical ambitions in aloof and sometimes guileless ways. | 
