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At the end of my life, is it better to say that I empowered people to make great stuff, or that I died with a net worth of $10 billion? Obviously I'm picking the former, although I would not mind both.
If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.
I think it says wonders about people that can write an entire album, and put out an entire album of great songs. I mean, the Brad Paisley's, Alan Jackson especially, even Taylor Swift - those people can really pen great stuff.
When you travel on a bus with guys who love all kinds of music, you get exposed to some great stuff, man.
Anyone who knows the history of the Pete Best Band or the Combo, we were on the verge of breaking in in America. In the mid-'60s, I had great songwriters; we wrote some great stuff.
And I said - Styx - as a musical group it is our place to reflect the light that is shining on us back onto this place and say - this is where so much great stuff started.
A lot of the really great stuff fell between the tracks.
I was in New York for a little while, doing some really bad theater. I did some great stuff, too, but there were Saturday morning theater performances in one-third-filled church basements. So, I paid my dues.
The broader the topic, the easier it is, not only to fill a book, but to set the bar pretty high for really great stuff.
That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.
