There's 40 or 50 songs that nobody's heard that I've done in between albums. There's a whole evolution from Midnite Vultures to Sea Change that's never been released.

When you use some of the more modern recording devices and Pro Tools, when you get into the technology, you are aching to get into some territory.

I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes out.

Your heart is a drum keeping time with everyone.

Back then, Pro Tools only had four or eight tracks, so we couldn't actually hear all the tracks. We could only hear eight at a time, so if a song had 25 or 30 tracks, we wouldn't be able to hear it until we went into the studio an put it all on tape. The process was a little bit backwards.

The years keep going by and you realize, Wow. Doing these records is such a process: going on tour for a year and a half, then you get home and you want to do other things.

I've been practicing for years, trying to figure out how to record an entire band live.