The rock biz is the low end of the creative world. Faces come and go so fast.

I feel great that I've been given a chance in the golden years of my life. To me, it's the last battle, and I've been given a chance to get stuck in some good armament, some good power, and there's a chance that now I can finish off my working years with my head held high.

My voice? Yeah, well, I used to drink a lot of beer when I was a kid and I sounded like a drunk in a choir. I don't drink anymore.

Recording - once something's done, it's done, there's not much you can do about it. It's out there and you just have to pray to the gods.

From my personal point of view, the Animals are dead. They killed themselves.

OK, I've had a life of sort of success, some people know who I am but a lot of people don't. I feel the need to change that still.

Have you seen 'American Idol' lately? I'm sure that some kids somewhere at this moment are thrashing themselves silly over what they call 'Rock n' Roll.