I don't know if it's possible to affect my ego any more. There's no room left. For me, I think I make music like the way I think it should be made, like what rock should sound like. It has nothing to do with the current marketplace. And so from that state of mind, it's gonna sound different from anything else out there. And when something sounds different, I think that can be inspiring to other musicians.

Young people are still looking and older people have found.

I think we as a band, as individuals, understand that all popular music stems from blues and jazz and even pop, but rock 'n' roll especially comes from blues. What we're trying to do is play rock 'n' roll, but other people call it different things.

Most bands are commercial enterprises. But I'm not in one of those bands.

I still do a lot of shows with Brian Koonin, but we haven't had a full band lately.

A lot of stuff I do, 10 years later it becomes popular.

I listen to a lot of different kinds of music.