But a lot of the old fans are listening to a lot of the younger music. So I gotta keep moving forward, and they'll move forward too.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If you're only a fan of the old music, that music's gonna wind up sounding even older.
I think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and real fans stay together for a long, long time.
Young fans want to know about the past and older fans also want to find new music.
I actually spend as much time listening to new music as to old. Probably more. I just try to get something out of it all.
I am still into the people I listened to growing up, so I completely remember what is like to be a fan, I haven't changed.
I hardly ever listen to any of our old stuff now. Once the songs have been recorded and put on to vinyl they become someone else's entertainment, not mine.
The bulk of my fans are my age, and I'm aging at the same rate they are. That makes me relevant. They like hearing what I have to say. I work hard at it, but it's addicting, really.
Music changes every three months. There's always new artists coming out. There's always new sounds. There is always a new hit coming out. You gotta stay relevant as much as you can and feed your fans as much as you can.
I always tell the fans, 'Screw it! Like what you like. Listen to what you want.' Insisting that one type of music is better than the next is snobbery, and I have no time for that. Check out all the music that's out there. There's great stuff you're probably missing.
The bottom line is, I tend to be going back to older and older music.