It's great when it all comes together in a great musical like 'Sweeney Todd,' when Stephen Sondheim writes songs from heaven, the book is good and the staging is good. But it's very rare when that happens.

People go to musicals because they want to hear some really good songs.

Every artist wants to feel like they're still valid in a contemporary way. But you can't be so arrogant not to think that people who have thrown down their hard-earned money don't want to see and hear the things they want.

Nobody can figure out why it does what it does to human beings. But there is no other art form greater than music.

Music is magic.

How lucky am I? I'll go to Naperville and people will come up to me and thank me for coming to Naperville. That's how much music means to people.

I was damn lucky to choose this profession. I had no idea when I started out that I was really an illusionist and a magician.

When I'm not on the road I'm in the studio every day.

I really believed it was important to explain to our young audience that expectations based on people who are trying to sell them things are unattainable.

The fact is, for the first 10 years I toured as a solo artist, I wasn't playing any of the songs I didn't write or sing.

It's a good job when you get to have fans come up to you and thank you for writing your songs.

When I'm onstage the joy is to try to be the best I can be, I'm there because I want it to be perfect.

I was lucky by birth.

We came along at a time when people were really focused on music. We were part of the second generation of bands after all of those great 60's bands when rock was still in its' infancy.

There is one thing in this world that I'm better that than anyone else and that is being me.

It's always best when everyone in the group is on the same page.

I gave my life for Styx and I'm really very proud of it and I didn't want to perform that music and screw it up.

The Beatles are here, and if you could see me my hand is on the ceiling. Styx is here, and my hand is in the basement.

When the Beatles broke up, I thought to myself, 'Dude, seriously?'

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.

Heck, I feel guilty getting my senior discounts.

Yeah, if anyone tries to tell you 60 is the new 40... don't believe them.

Radio stations provided a service. They weeded out the stuff that no one should ever have to even think about. Now, they made mistakes and they made mistakes with me even but, by and large, they provided a service. They were an editor.

If you want your rock stars that are completely 100 percent serious about themselves and you want them to pretend like they're 25, I'm probably not the guy for that. But if you want to come and say, 'Hey, you know that guy right there, he's just being himself. I kind of like him for that,' you know, then that's me.