When I pull out vinyl - which isn't that often anymore - it's undeniable that I get a different feeling. There's a different physiology happening between the sound waves and the body that doesn't happen with music playing off the computer.

When my nephew was 3 and 4, he would say the most genius things. He said, You're hammer macho with FBI dogs. I thought it was just one of those great lines.

It's hard to make music knowing that it's not going to be received by the listener in the way that it should be.

Sometimes, reissues can be revelatory, or put the original record in a different light, but those are rare.

There are plenty of Minutemen. People willing to be Minutemen. Where are the people that want to be George Washington? Where are the Benjamin Franklins? Where is Sam Adams? Where is John Adams?

I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.

Every band I knew or played with had flyers and properly-recorded demos and contacts; I couldn't even get a gig.