MICHAEL SCHENKER: ‘Pure Self-Expression, That’s Where My Rewards Come, That’s Where I’m Happy’ [Video]

In a recent interview with “The Jasta Show”, the podcast hosted by HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta, legendary German guitarist Michael Schenker was asked if has a venue that he loves to play that he is always happy when he shows up to. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I have no idea. I play so many funny places, from 12 people up to 80,000 people. It makes no difference. Yeah, of course, it’s great to play in front of 500,000 people or 100,000 people, but I also enjoy playing in front of 20 people or 30 people. I have always done that. I never got disturbed by that. I wondered sometimes why only 30 people, but I did a lot of touring without management and without anybody looking after me. And so I just focused on the music and I was just happy.”

He continued: “I never got paid until ’91. That is a long, long time after UFO and …