Exactly you had to dress in flannel, and if you were a grunge band, before the grunge thing took off and you said you were METAL.

If something inspires you, try and hold on to that inspiration because if you lose that inspiration, what do you have left?

Every time we have been drunk on Jager it's been - either we didn't remember or it's been insane.

Basically you're doing the best you possibly could do and until it's out there and until people are hearing good feedback, I guess that's how you know you've done something good. We're so close to it that it's hard to look outside because we're inside of it, so it's really nice when you hear good feedback on the outside.

I just went into my studio and started to compile stuff. I was so happy with what was coming out that good momentum just carried over and when I would listen back to some of the riffs and some of the ideas, I was completely happy because I felt like, "wow, this was a breakthrough!" The ideas and the songs were really strong and I couldn't wait to show everybody the stuff.

I think you set up certain standards. I've always kind of believed in the Neil Pert way of making records where I'm trying to step it up every time I do something. You're trying to better yourself. You're also trying to make your audience or your listeners more interested. So, if you can up it, I think that's important.

Exactly you had to dress in flannel, and if you were a grunge band, before the grunge thing took off and you said you were METAL.