I don't have very eclectic tastes in music.

The C+ amps is vintage at this point, and it definitely has a certain sound to it. I wanted something that was going to keep Dream Theater in more of a current musical landscape, as far as being the producer and producing the type of album I wanted to hear.

The only thing I had in my mind [when I was 17 ] was that I was going to be a professional musician. So it was just the right environment.

Now that we're established and we have a history we know that we can expect people to show up and to have a good time.

Jordan Ruddes does [have a home studio], but it's all self-contained. I'll be the only guy with a fully built recording studio. So they'll have to come to me.

Songs come alive every night and can be a new experience for someone. You might have someone in the audience who has never seen us before and hearing it for the first time. We are aware of that.

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