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).

I would go see local bands play, and noticed how many girls were there to see the band, and that's what inspired me.

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

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

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 actually had a Kansa band softball team.

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.