I don't believe in making a record and rushing it.

My dad said 'When you love what you do, you never work a day in your life,' and I agree with that.

My first instrument was an accordion. Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage.

Encore' was an experiment. 'Encore' was the second chance at a first impression. 'Encore' was not completely planned.

A bass player has to think and play like a bass player. A drummer has to play and think like a drummer, and stay out of the way of the vocalist. The guitar player has to respect everybody else.

I just love music gear, I'm a total geek all around.

When I was in high school, I had binders with pictures of tour buses.