Ted Nugent recently spoke with Classic Rock Revisited founder JebWright about having 6,000 shows under his belt and his new DVD, Motor City Mayhem. An excerpt is available below.

Jeb: The obvious question is this.... How in the hell did you stick around long enough, strong enough and good enough to play 6,000 concerts? Was this truly a milestone for you or just another in a long line of gigs?

Ted: "Clearly, God loves me more than He loves you, for He loaded me up with pure animal attitude, spirit and piss and vinegar with a fiery passion than cannot be deterred. Thank God my parents loved me enough to intensely DISCIPLINE me to try like hell to make intelligent, responsible choices in life, and as a perfectly fallible human being. I have blown it more than once, but I was at least smart enough to stay away from life destroying drugs, alcohol and tobacco and the resultant energy overload combined with my love for the music is virtually unstoppable.

My incredible bandmates, American music Blood Brothers, Mick Brown and Greg Smith, will tell you that every gig we perform is THE most important musical adventure in our lives. We call upon The Beast each and every night, but we must admit that rockjacking, DeFKNtroit, on the 4th of July, celebrating my 6000th rock out, surrounded by loving family, friends, hunting buddies, heroes of the US Military and THE most gung-ho music lovers on earth, is off the charts. Total spiritual erection time."

Go to this location for the complete interview.