Foghat’s Roger Earl – HuffPost 4.17.14

Mike Ragogna: Hey, what advice do you have for new artists?

Roger Earl: Get a real job. No, I think with music you do it because you want to play, because you feel like you’ve got something to say and it’s the most important thing in your life. You don’t do it because you want to becom e a rich rock ‘n’ roll star, it’s because of the music, because you have a love and a passion. There’s going to be a lot of hard work and a lot of heartbreak, but the thing is I think if you want to do it you’re going to do it one way or another. I’ve been penniless a couple of times, sort of laying in the gutter, pissing in my pants–well, not quite that bad–wondering where the next sandwich and a bottle of wine is going to come from. You do it because you have a love and a passion for music. That’s why we still make records, usually in the winter time we go down to Florida, we have a studio down there and a house and we just hang out and play and record and have fun doing it. It’s not for any other reason. I think when you’re involved with music you do it because, like I said before, you have a passion for it. My passion hasn’t diminished. I’ve played with some great musicians and we have fun, what can I tell you?