It's kind of funny how Tommy Shaw has said things like that and has that attitude when one of his best buddies, Jack Blades, continues to have his creative fingers in lots of pots pretty much all the time. The only thing original that I know Shaw has done in the last ten years that I am aware of is his bluegrass album, while Jack Blades has two solo albums, two Night Ranger albums, a number of at least collaborative if not outright song writing credits, etc. Shaw and Blades did that Influence album, too, but I won't count that for either of them, as they were just covers. Even so, Blades keeps on cranking out product in some form or another, while Shaw seems just to go through the motions and collect the paycheck after each concert and that is it. Too bad...