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I just believed in 1979 that ...

I just believed in 1979 that prog rock was finished. I just saw the handwriting on the wall. And I believed that if we continued in that direction, our career would be finished. So I kind of led the band to making 'Cornerstone,' which is an album from my point of view which was not trying to be necessarily softer, but more natural.

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People always ask me: How are...

People always ask me: How are you? I say I'm the envy of millions. I've been a lucky guy.

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As an artist you always want ...

As an artist you always want to challenge yourself, but as you get older you want to bring the audience with you while expanding creatively.

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This is no condemnation of Ch...

This is no condemnation of Chuck Berry, who I greatly admire. But Chuck Berry's music will not translate as well to orchestration because of its very three-chord rock 'n' roll nature. It is the music of the artists that are more pretentious, pompous or closer to the kind of big dramatic stylings that orchestras are good with.

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Back in 2000, I had come to a...

Back in 2000, I had come to a crossroads in my life, unsure about what career path I should pursue. Shepherd, bouncer, philosopher king, ventriloquist or perhaps man on the flying trapeze. Fortunately, I was guided back onto the path of the magical world of music.

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When I play the first few not...

When I play the first few notes of a song and people start screaming, I think: 'That's why I did this. That's why I wrote this song. That's a good job.' And it is a job.

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When I wrote 'Grand Illusion,...

When I wrote 'Grand Illusion,' I was making it up as we went along. I wrote this stuff and tried to do the best job I could.

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It was a song I wrote for my ...

It was a song I wrote for my wife as a present, never intending for it to be a Styx song. 'Babe' was a demo. The demo became the hit record, including all the background vocals, which were done by me.

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If you are going to take me a...

If you are going to take me a to a musical, you'd better give me three songs that I'm gonna like. Nobody goes to the opera for the recitative. They go for the aria.

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I still see myself as the kid...

I still see myself as the kid who plays accordion and tries to keep people happy for 45 minutes. And there's nothing wrong with that.

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If you pretend to be somebody...

If you pretend to be somebody that you're not when you write songs - and I did that on some of the early Styx albums - nobody cares about what you have to say.

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Our music did not sound like ...

Our music did not sound like the Beatles in any way, shape or form. I could never find it in myself to use those Beatles tricks in Styx records because they were sacred to me. But what they did always influenced my thinking.

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It took me a while to realize...

It took me a while to realize that the only way to really communicate with people is to give them your point of view.

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I am what I am. Whatever it w...

I am what I am. Whatever it was that made me what I am, I thought I should stay around and be that.

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I'm very proud of it. 'Hunchb...

I'm very proud of it. 'Hunchback' contains some of my favorite music I've ever written in my life.

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I lived at the greatest time ...

I lived at the greatest time in the history of mankind to be a musician.

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If there's a goal, you can't ...

If there's a goal, you can't stop me. I'll put my head down. I'll have tunnel vision and I'll go until I get it.

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After being replaced in Styx,...

After being replaced in Styx, everyone around me encouraged me to try and stop them legally. I just couldn't. It would have been like suing myself and I held out hope they'd ask me back. They toured under the STYX name for a year and a half before I initiated legal action. I didn't sue for money or use of the name. I simply wanted back in the band.

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I've tried to figure out ways...

I've tried to figure out ways to be less pleased other than the search for perfection. Talk about a thing that'll make you have a miserable life. On that quest, on that journey, down that path, there's a lot of feelings of, 'Why am I doing all this?'

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Look, nobody is a bigger fan ...

Look, nobody is a bigger fan of Tommy Shaw than me. The day I met him in 1975 I knew he was going to be a great guitar player, performer and songwriter. I was his biggest fan, and I'm Styx's number one fan.

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