The four previous albums before this one and the new one, I always try to make a better one and this one I´m really excited about. I´m turning 60 this year and it will be interesting to see what happens and it´s exciting, because I´m still feeling good and I like what I do and I´m blessed to have been able to create a situation in my life where I do what I love doing the most and making a living out of it. I wouldn´t want to wake up in the morning and go “Now I´m good enough and I don´t have to try anymore.” It would be boring and that keeps me hungry. The excitement of living… I still get excited and I have a curiosity and I try to maintain that and never become complacent. Hopefully I´ll live healthy and a long life. Singing is physical, playing the saxophone and the harmonica… I just take care of myself. In order to do what I do on stage and to make it look easy, I have to be in good physical shape. I don´t eat meat, I don´t smoke, I don´t drink alcohol at all, which always helps. I take care of myself and I try to eat healthy. You can raise questions and make people think about things they haven´t thought about. Your lyrics are tools for positive actions. Rock and roll to me has always been entertainment, but you don´t have to switch off your brain. God bless Elvis, but let´s face it, Little Richard´s “Tutti frutti” makes Elvis sound like a boy scout. – Little Richard being rebellious, wearing makeup, being black and gay and totally free and that was what rock and roll to me was about. Den blonde frontmannen är snart aktuell med ett nytt album, “I live too fast to die young” I ett kortare samtal berättar han bland annat om sin positiva och hälsosamma syn på livet, hur Black Sabbath på tv väckte något i honom, Slashs medverkan på nya albumet, Hanoi Rocks-låten GNR skulle spela in och vad rock and roll egentligen handlar om:
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