There's something about losing friends, particularly young people, where it's not something that you get over. I don't believe there's a healing process.

My first favorite band that made music important to me was the Beatles. I was a little kid. I didn't know who was singing what song or who wrote what song.

And if you don't believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light.

I'm not a lyric writer to make statements. What I enjoy doing is making paintings with lyrics, creating colorful images. I think that's more what entertainment and music should be.

When that much time goes by, you're really listening to your old music differently. At the time it's written, it was the beginning of our career and with every song we're thinking, 'This is what's creating us.' Now, nothing is creating us. We're well-created. We're there. It becomes just pure pleasure and you become sort of an archeologist of your own music. You don't judge it, because what's the point? It's a 30-year-old song. It just becomes fun.

I don't really go mountain biking per se, like a proper sport.

It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you.