It's terrifying to play your favorite band's song in front of your favorite band.

Nickelback walks into a bar...there's no punchline because ruining music isn't funny.

Always have the highest bar for yourself.

And later, if I ever felt that I was getting swept away by the craziness of being in a band, well, I'd go back to Virginia.

Some people record onto tape, and then they pay for the tape, and download those onto a hard drive. Initially in a Pro Tools program. Other people go straight into digital, and use no tape at all.

It's funny; recently I've started to notice people's impersonations of me, and it's basically like a hyperactive child.

I'm happy that I have my family, and I'm happy that I had Virginia, where I grew up, to retreat to any time I felt overwhelmed. Whenever there were times when I felt like the rug was being pulled out from under me and I was floating in this crazy space, I would stop and go back to that neighborhood and realize nothing's changed, really.