English celebrity writer Robin Leach - famous for hosting his first show, Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous - spoke with CHICKENFOOT frontman SAMMY HAGAR (ex-VAN HALEN) recently about a number of topics including Hagar's new two-level, 15,000-square-foot flagship Cabo Wabo Cantina located at Planet Hollywood’s Miracle Mile Shops on the Las Vegas Strip. A few excerpts from the chat follow:

Leach: Are you happy being a restaurateur or a vocalist?

Hagar: "Robin, that is such an unfair question. I really love both. I love all kinds of things. I get excited about an idea, and I just want to do it. My reason for doing things anymore is because I love doing it. I love seeing a project through, and I think if I had to do only one, I would of course be a singer. But I love being able to do the other projects."

Leach: You have this new group called Chickenfoot, so you are still rocking. Are you going to go out like Jagger, 70 years of age and still rocking?

Hagar: "I hope so. It’s not a plan, but every time I go on a big trip or tour, like Chickenfoot we did a world tour this year, the hardest I have worked in so long, and I really got tired at the end of it and thought, 'Man, I don’t know if I want to do this anymore.’ Then I take a month off or six weeks, and I am thinking I want to go play the Cabo Wabo, so I go pop into town and jump up onstage. I love doing it, and I don’t want to necessarily just pack up and live out of a suitcase for the rest of my life, but I want to go play. That’s the good thing about having a Cabo Wabo. I can go to my own places and jump up on the stage every night of the week if I wanted to, and singing is a special thing and it really does get in your skin. I hope Mick isn’t doing if for money."

Leach: No, I think he is doing it to keep the 470 people on his payroll employed. That’s the problem of touring with a big rock ’n’ roll band

Hagar: "Yes, they have a huge overhead. We are a little more low-key than that. The cool thing about Chickenfoot is that I put together a band of people that I have dreamed of and wanted to play with. I said what’s my dream band: Joe (Satriani) on guitar, (Michael) Anthony on bass and myself singing. That’s my dream band, and it worked. It went gold in every country, and to do that at my age, man, I feel good about it. It shows that my passion is still there for it."

Read the entire interview here.