Our early days - our audiences were always very sparse. We played very obscure places in very obscure parts of the world, mainly Kansas. We played frat parties, we played high school proms, we played clubs.

There's so much interaction between the crowd and the music that it's an incredible moment to be a part of.

It's always a challenge to hit the stage running, with Kansas' music, because it's demanding from the very first note, so we try to be up to the task and keep our pre-show routine pretty much focused on the music.

We actually had a Kansa band softball team.

Due to people's health, and certain things that have happened to people's physicality because of their healthy, that would probably keep us from touring per se. It doesn't mean that the original band wouldn't someday do a song. But our focus is on the current band, and moving into the future, as far as touring is concerned.

If you're learning a new instrument, have fun.

When we were starting out, there was no "label" as progressive rock - it didn't exist ... so we were just a rock band.