"Look, I was in a band with them," sighs Dennis, examining current mixed feelings he has with respect to the Styx guys and the current touring version thereof. "I think they're good; they're a good band. Look, here's how I look at this. There's one thing in the world that I'm better at than anybody else. Nobody is as good at this as I am. You know what that is?"
Being Dennis?
"That's right. Nobody is as good at that as I am. And that's pretty much how I would like to leave that. And if you liked Styx, I think in some ways you had to like me. In some ways, I would think. So, you know, you put a group of individuals together and they make something special. You just can't add and subtract and have it be the same, I don't think. Now, does that sound like I'm being bitter? I don't mean it to be."
It doesn't. I appreciate him saying it this way.