If you bring somebody into the band you are going to be with them a lot whether it's in the studio, on the tour bus, or at dinner every night; you want somebody you enjoy being around. You don't want an annoying guy .

I'm a member of the Recording Academy and I see the way it works and even with the whole voting process it's broken down into specific categories. There are Pop categories and Dance and Rock and Metal and Film and Score and everything else. Basically when you are voting you are urged not to vote in the category that you don't know anything about.

I know we play a part in the story of progressive music, but for us those influences are the real fathers, the ones that we were interested in.

Obviously [Black] Sabbath is definitely a huge name and of course deserving with Ozzy coming back.

To be in Boston, which is a great city and which is full of many colleges and young kids, and to be around that many people that were at the same point in their lives, who played guitar or whatever instrument - it was just perfect. It was a great environment.

There's different levels of where we do well throughout Europe. Fortunately, for us, it's pretty great all throughout it.

Obviously the best way to retain the most profit is to not give any of it away. That's something that you certainly learn through the years.