writer , so I just kind of got away with it . But it ’ s a way of getting things out of your system , so you can move on . And I think

that ’ s just a coming-of-age thing . And age is overrated . It ’ s just misunderstood , and I don ’ t know why age has to be a stumbling block to anything , As long as you ’ re still alive , you ’ re still getting through life . But I don ’ t think I ’ m here to be any kind of spokesperson – I ’ m not a sage . I ’ m only here to offer what I ’ ve always offered – my music , and trying to encourage people to stop killing animals . So my message has never changed .

IE : Well , the new Rolling Stones album of obscure blues covers is one of the best records of 2016 . So age doesn ’ t matter at all – artists only get better with time .

CH : Right . I heard one track off that , and I agree – they sound great . If you liked their very first album , it was a return to that . And I think doing that is fantastic for them , because that ’ s how they started . But what ’ s even better for them is when they ’ re still writing amazing songs . So I think I ’ m at the moment where I ’ m a little over looking back . I ’ m actually kind of grossed out by looking back . I don ’ t think anything about rock ’ s past has not been plundered until the last drop of blood has been squeezed out of everything . I remember in 1975 , The Beatles seemed to be long , long gone . And I had a friend who put a

Beatles album on , and I almost cried because it took me back to something that I loved very dearly . And that was 1975 . Now , you go on another 40 years , and it ’ s been excavated until there is nothing left that we don ’ t know about everything , and all the old timers seem to be rushing in to claim that they were the best , or they were the first , or that they held the crown for awhile . And frankly , I don ’ t see any mystique or magic left in the nostalgia of these things . It ’ s like , “ C . mon ! Enough is enough !”

IE : But ‘ 70s and ‘ 80s bands are touring , playing landmark albums from those eras ,

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