Kansas has always considered itself a "rock band" - some people might say "symphonic rock band," others might say a "classical rock band," but we've kind've prided ourselves on being a rock band. Kansas rocks.

We [ The Kansas]'re somewhat hard-pressed at this time to imagine any bands that'll be around 40 years from now (and that's our personal opinion).

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.

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

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

I can't think of anybody we toured with that had more impact on us than Queen.

I've learned a long time ago to never say never about the band Kansas.