We weren't like mates who decided to form a band. The other three met me because they were interested in being in the band that I was starting.

I think a spiritual journey is not so much a journey of discovery. It's a journey of recovery. It's a journey of uncovering your own inner nature. It's already there.

If practice makes perfect, and no one's perfect, then why practice?

I often have deer on my property and there's a fox and owls. You're not going to see that in the city.

My version, of course, is not this flag-waving, let's all get on the Jesus train and ride out of hell. I'm not that kind of guy. It's an embrace that life is good, worth living and yeah, it's not easy, but there are more pluses than minuses.

I mean, I'm certainly not a 'teaophyte,' or whatever the word would be.

If there was a simple ethic for the band, it was that we want to be able to do whatever we want to do.