Cheap Trick has been so busy on tour in recent years. How have you been doing without any shows to look forward to for such a long period of time?
Rick Nielsen: I have to make time to do almost anything. It’s like, the important stuff takes the same amount of time as the dumb stuff that you have to do. And I usually forget the music or I forget the things that are probably more important to me. I’m playing catch-up ball all the time. It’s so uninspiring.
People say, ‘Oh, I bet you have some interesting stuff coming up after all this time.' It’s uninspiring to think of stuff. Either you have to sit down and do it…It’s not an inspiring time.