“I think a lot of bands would rather put mediocre rock tracks on their ...” — Dennis DeYoung Quote

I think a lot of bands would rather put mediocre rock tracks on their album to try to maintain some sort of testosterone badge of courage.

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.

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

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.

We just kind of did our own thing and got made fun of by the popular kids. It was kind of like a badge of honor to be an outcast.

As soon as I wear this badge, it's really important for myself to focus on England and nothing else.

All the time, I said to my players, 'I don't care about the name on the badge or the name of the opponents.'

It's my livelihood, and while I'm doing my livelihood, I take it very seriously. But I don't wear being an actor like a badge.

Perfectionism becomes a badge of honor with you playing the part of the suffering hero.