When I first started in rock, I had a big guy's audience for my early records. I had a very straight image, particularly through the mid '80s.

My only general rule was to steer away from things I played with the band over the past couple of tours. I was interested in re-shaping the Rising material for live shows, so people could hear the bare bones of that.

We gotta get out while we're young, 'cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run.

Now those memories come back to haunt me they haunt me like a curse.

The music is pretty relentless. You've got to find some way of letting the audience breathe for a minute, give them a little bit of air - but not too much. Otherwise it would get real intense. The room would get very tense.

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Most bands don't work out. A small unit democracy is very, very difficult.