You want to go in the steam bath to get your vocals sounding well, but you don't want your fingers to get soft.

What we were trying to do differently was this sort of layered sound.

I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good.

We've done an arrangement with an orchestra, but I think the best stuff tends to come when it's just the four of us.

The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism.

Not for a million - years. I mean, I like the INXS boys, but I found the process very degrading, really. Reality television has eaten away at our standards of excellence. I don't like this whole culture, which has evolved, of TV being the king.

Each gig should be unique. You're always treading that line between keeping yourself fresh and giving people something they want to hear