Sometimes if you get 'em too drunk they don't pay no attention to what you're doin' anyways, so you might as well just do old songs. But if you get one that's paying attention, sometimes we'll do some new material.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You obviously don't really forget how to play the old songs; you just don't have to spend so much time convincing yourself that you remember them. Way less mental energy is spent swimming around in lyrics you've already written and chords you've already played.
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.
I still love to do the old songs. I know some people don't.
I've got a lot of songs about having fun and partying, but it's a lot of work.
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.
It's never too late to do anything new when it comes to music.
If you go out and just play the old stuff and never write new stuff, you're not really a complete musician, you're a performer.
I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention.
To passively get up and play a bunch of old songs wouldn't have really motivated us. So we are bringing the new material into the set and it goes down really well.
I don't live in the past or focus on making new songs sound like my old stuff; it would be stupid, and I don't think anyone would like it.