Talking with David Crosby before his show in Monterey.

Crosby, Stills & Nash’s unofficial leader David Crosby played Monterey Pop with his previous group The Byrds, harmonized with CS&N in front of hundreds of thousands two years later at Woodstock and, at 75, keeps on trucking without spending much energy rehashing the past.

“I enjoyed it, but I don’t think about it,” Crosby says. “I don’t think about Woodstock, I don’t think about any of that stuff. I think about what I’m doing today, what I’d like to do this week and what I could accomplish this month and this year. My focus is entirely forward.” The Weekly tracked down the two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee ahead of his April 26 show at Golden State Theatre.

Weekly: You are a big tweeter. What is it about Twitter that you like?

Crosby: I like people and, on Twitter, you get to communicate with a whole shitload of them and some people are fascinating. Sometimes they ask really dumb questions like, “What was it really like at Woodstock, man?” But I like when people communicate really fascinating stuff.

You also express your opinions about music on Twitter.

(Lets out a loud, mischievous laugh.) I get in trouble there, man. Saying that Kanye West is a complete poser and can’t write, sing or play or anything – that got me in a lot of trouble. I enjoyed the hell out of it.

[West] was so bad at Glastonbury, when he tried to do that Queen song and just couldn’t sing it for shit. It was terrible. Then he goes off and says, “I’m the greatest living rock star in the world.” Well, someone should drive Kanye West over to Stevie Wonder’s house. Thinking he’s good is really offensive to me, cause he’s not good at shit. He can’t write, sing or play. Someone should send him Ray Charles’ entire collection so he could learn how to sing. He just doesn’t qualify compared to the real people. He’s very good at being famous – a celebrity, which of course is a total bullshit thing. He’s very good at working the media and he offends me because he claims to be a musician and he’s not.

I’ve gotten in just as much trouble for calling Trump a “walking intelligence-free zone.”

What do you mean when you say “getting in trouble”?

Just causing a firestorm up on Twitter. Some people say, “How can you say that about a great American?” But I don’t think [Trump] is a great American.

You’ve spent a lot of time in Big Sur over the years and soaked in the hot springs at the Esalen Institute.

My [late] brother Ethan used to live in Big Sur, which is one of the reasons that I was up there so much. I also had many friends who lived there too, so I spent many vacations [in Big Sur]. I spent of lot of time up there. I love it.

I heard you’re putting together another band.

This is an extension of CPR [Crosby, Pevar & Raymond], which features my friend Jeff Pevar, who plays guitar and my son, James Raymond, who plays keyboard. Now we have a girl named Mai Agan, who plays bass – a fantastic bass player – and a girl named Michelle Willis, who’s a singer-songwriter from Toronto. This is a new thing that starts the day after tomorrow and I am so freaking excited.

We actually have another new record, Sky Trails, along with Lighthouse. Lighthouse is a very acoustic, stripped-down record and [Sky Trails] is a full band record – different. Sky Trails isn’t out yet. Advanced copies are available to buy only at our shows, until this summer.

You sound very excited about this.

I can’t wait to go down and get in a room with these guys and see if we can make it happen – I know we will.

I really enjoy Lighthouse. What inspired “Drive Out to the Desert,” one of my favorite tunes of the record?

Driving out to the desert and looking at the sky is a really good thing to do; away from the city, where there’s no outside light and really look at the stars because they will lift you up. They will take you on a voyage. It’s a wonderful thing to do. So that’s really all I was trying to communicate: Get away from the cities, get out and really look at the sky because it will change your life.

I recently spoke to Graham Nash and asked about the possibility of a CSN&Y reunion and he said it’s just “teenage bullshit” that’s getting in the way. Any thoughts on this?

We’re certainly not the ones who are opposed to it. Graham’s actually been the one going around saying it’ll never happen again. But if he feels that it could happen again, that’s wonderful. I’d be happy to do it.

I’d love to see that in my lifetime.

Yeah, me too.

You weren’t very happy with Nash’s recent autobiography.

I thought it was shallow and not honest at all. He didn’t tell the truth about his life at all and instead used my life to spice up the book. I didn’t think that was cool.

AN EVENING WITH DAVID CROSBY & FRIENDS 8pm Wednesday, April 26. Golden State Theatre, 417 Alvarado St., Monterey. $56-$89; $638/front row meet-and-greet; $253/premium package. 649-1070, goldenstatetheatre.com