“ I’ m not as good as it sounds. I need to do it again.” It’ s like an NFL football player. Those guys, the running backs, they’ re always trying to get a touchdown, but they don’ t get a touchdown every time. Play by play, game by game, season by season, sometimes you get a touchdown, sometimes five yards, two yards, minus two fumble. Sometimes they break their leg in preseason and are out for the whole season. But they come back because they love football. One touchdown isn’ t a career. One record isn’ t their career. What grounds me is that I’ m reminded that I’ m going to spend the rest of my life trying to be as great as I can be.
ANASTASIA: You have a podcast that people can view on YouTube, and you also came out with a book ten years ago, Sex, Drums, Rock’ n’ Roll! Are you working on another book, in-between everything else you have going on? KENNY: I wrote a self-help book that I will eventually put out. It will be kind of a workbook, where you’ ll have a place to write stuff down. There are so many things that I’ ve learned that got me to where I am and what has kept me where I am. I have commandments, and my 11th commandment is“ Thou shalt not bullshit thyself.” In other words, if you bullshit other people, that’ s one thing. But if you bullshit yourself, it’ s like you’ re wasting your life away.… You have to do the work, and you have to start by going,“ This is what I need to work on.”
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ANASTASIA: What do you say to young musicians who are trying to get into the industry and may be ready to give up? KENNY: This applies to any musician at any time in the history of life. You’ ve got to work your ass off. If this is your passion, as it was mine, you have to work. It should be,“ I can’ t live a day without doing this.” If you’ re that person, you will be successful in some fashion. If you need to have three roommates and work at Starbucks and Home Depot so you can play music, you’ re a success story, because you are happy. The greatest thing you can do in life is to be happy, because the ripple effect of your joy and happiness affects everybody that you come in contact with. I guess you could say you’ re doing God’ s work. You are a happy soul. You’ re affecting other people and making them happy. This all comes from you doing what makes you happy, which, for a musician, is playing music. You have to practice and practice and keep doing it every day. Your success is following your heart. n
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