I've always believed that we could reach past genre -- we didn't ride the grunge coat-tails; we've always been on our terms.

I'm by nature kind of a glum person, but I'm not a sad pathetic

If you don't have some sort of belief system by which to center your life, it's hard sometimes to understand why you would put up with your family.

In the music business I am surrounded by people who don't view music as a sacred voice. They view music as something that they can use and exploit, often times lazily. They have no sense of the tradition, they have no sense of honor about those who came before and charted the path.

James, that's a bad situation. I'm not saying it's not repairable, but it's pretty far. When you go from being in one of the best bands in the world to some cover band... as far as I'm concerned, he was playing down at the pub.

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

Most great records really start with the drums.