To me, it's like, what's good for me is good for Cheap Trick... and what's good for Rick is good for Cheap Trick, and so on... and that's the thing.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The most fun I ever have is sitting in with Rick writing, and we laugh at our own jokes.
I have a saying: 'I'm good for three things: making fried bologna sandwiches, making money and picking out good movies.'
I'm still involved in the business of Cheap Trick, so I keep my eye on that kind of stuff.
What is good for you is not necessarily good for the company, and vice versa.
I'd also say having Jack's son Chris living with us from his 13th year on helped in raising Rick.
When you're working and making money, that's all good, but there has to be something that provides a substance, I think.
If somebody says to you, 'MTV,' you think of Mick Jagger on a phone screaming at that phone: 'I want my MTV.' That, to me, was always the epitome of great advertising.
Basically, asking me what kind of music I like is like asking what kind of food I like: 'Anything that tastes good,' is the answer. I'm the kind of guy who spends three times as much on his speakers as he does on his television.
When everything is for 'fun' nothing is for the good.
'Rick' never really fit. I tried for 18 years to make it work, and no one wanted to call me Rick. It should always have been Ricky. That's what it always should have been, so I'm going back to it.