Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for people to do.

Chicago gave me more music than any other city in America.

I think musicians like me are drawn to those older desks, not just because they're legend and lore but also because they do something really specific that is hard to emulate or re-create digitally.

A lot of the records you buy, there's nothing you can hold in your hand, it's all 1′s and 0′s, this digital cloud floating in the ether, but with analog albums, you can hold it in your hand.

Different boards do different things to the sound that's coming through them. An old Neve desk does embellish it in a way that makes it sound sort of bigger or warmer. It doesn't change the performance but it does enhance the way that it sounds.

Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for people to do.

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