I don't quite have the energy for extra curricular activities. I have to pace myself a little bit more.

Originality is another criterion of aesthetic value. We may formulate an originality principle, according to which highly valuable works of art provide hitherto unavailable insights.... Notice that, although originality is a necessary condition of high aesthetic value, it is far from a sufficient condition. Many original works have little or no aesthetic value. An artwork may present a novel but uninteresting perspective, or one that is original but wrong.

Ten years ago, in 94, we thought maybe nobody would ever care about Styx again.

We always got a strong response but I think in this day in age there is less of a marijuana fog at concerts and more of people just more naturally exuberant - it seems to me.

All pain is per se and especially in excess, destructive and ultimately fatal in its nature and effects.

People tell us they have been inspired by our music to do great things.

Whereas with us - what you hear is what's happening right then and there on the stage - so we don't need no stinking technology.