Jay Jay French talked about bands that have been on the road for a long time.
In an interview with Sofa King Cool , Steve 'Lips' Kudlow , vocalist of Anvil , spoke about the band's retirement:
“When they carry me away on a stretcher. You don’t retire from this business. You die. It’s true. Those who try to retire end up coming back. How many times has The Who said it was their final tour? [laughs] Every time they realize what they’ve done, they go back on the road. The Rolling Stones … they still go on and they’re great.”
“He [ Jay Jay French ] is a very, very foolish man who is looking for attention. Plain and simple. He’s not in a position to say anything, especially when the singer in his band kept playing without him. What is he saying? He’s really bitter, unhappy, and he’s projecting that onto other people. I feel sorry for him, I love the guy and I feel sorry for him, honestly. I know Jay personally – great guy, very funny, good. One of the last times we were at a festival in France and I was sitting there with the guys from Raven and Jay sat with us and we started joking around and he said, ‘People ask me if we do drugs. Of course we do drugs: pills for blood pressure, diabetes, insulin. Yes, we do a lot of drugs.’ I laughed a lot, it was funny. At the same time, you’re doing shows, you’re trying to keep going. But, I mean, I’m not going to call him an idiot. He did it for himself, I don’t know what his motivation was, I really don’t know, I think most of it is reflection: he’s not feeling good about where his life is right now. I I'm maybe a year or two younger than him. I don't see an end to it. Did you hear what I just said? I'm going to keep going until I die. There's no retirement. And if you do it right, if you stay in shape, there's no reason why you can't keep going until you die. Talk about Keith Richards ? Come on. You wrote ' Satisfaction '? You composed ' Paint It Black '? Those are just the first things. Come on! You can't do that, it's not right [laughs]."
