Night Ranger’s Kelly Keagy – HuffPost 6.2.14

Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists?

Kelly Keagy: I think that what’s kept us going, and I think it’s probably a rule is just to have a love of what you’re doing. You’ve got to have a love for the music that you’re playing and where you’re at that point in your career. I think that if you have a preconceived idea like, “I want to be a star,” then that’s good, you’ve got to have that a little bit, but it’s got to come from the heart, man. There’s got to be a good, solid base in wanting to be a good musician and a good artist, you know?

MR: Yeah though I think some TV shows like to glamorize a culture of celebrity rather than creativity, making it a bit confusing as to how to prioritize things.

KK: I just think that we all came up in those ranks of playing six nights a week in clubs for ten or twelve years and developed our style and played different styles of music. It’s a different world, but I think there are a lot of talented people out there, and I think that the media focuses on the pranks and the goofiness, which is entertaining, but that’s not going to hold my attention for too long.