Musician

God bless classic rock. It's been very good to me; I'll tell you that.

Music was everything. Now it is just not as important as it used to be. When I was growing up, where everyone was trying to outdo each other by being more outrageous and sounding more different, now there is a homogeneous sameness to it all.

The myth that 'old' guys can't write anything fresh is just a myth.

We've had to develop a super-thick skin. We've been beaten up more than any band in history.

I was asked to be in Elton John's band, Joni Mitchell's band, and Miles Davis' band. I couldn't do it.

I got four kids.

There are so many myths about us.

I read a lot of biographies, and so much is just so boring or so, like, 'Why did you say that?'

Gear not working on a live show - that is rough.

A lot of festivals on a worldwide basis that I am seeing, they're trying to multi-genre it. Like, they put a wild card band on, like, us old guys that happen to have a record that has stayed in pop culture for as long as it has.

I have been using small teardrop jazz picks since I was, like, 14.

We always felt it helped during live shows to have multiple lead singers to give our voices a break.

I played all the guitar parts except the guitar solo on 'Beat It.'

I'm always writing music.

I played on Asia records with Geoff Downes.

I got to work with legendary people.

My son is a professional musician now.

Believe me, when I saw 'Family Guy' do the bit on 'Africa,' I howled laughing.

I'm no musical snob.

The music business used to be filled with people who love music.