I didn't retire, I became irrelevant - there is a big difference.

Being off the road is one of the greatest things ever. It's hard for me to be around my friends who are on the road.

Everybody has their own ways of wanting to do things.

Obviously, everyone loves someone who appreciates you and puts you on a pedestal.

I didn't retire, I became irrelevant - there is a big difference.

There's an interesting story around that ["Heaven Without a Gun"], because the girl I was dating at the time got into a bike accident and couldn't make it into the studio, and the gentleman Dave Hamlin who worked on this record along with Ohad sort of took it, rearranged it. Dave went and sonically changed it and changed the keys so that Andy could sing it better. All these pieces came together that suddenly displayed that the song was meant for Andy [Kim] to sing. And he always said, "I'll never understand it, but I'll sing it with all my heart."

What would I say about "Heaven Without a Gun"? For me, to have this man, and our friendship [ with Andy Kim] grew really slowly and very consistently throughout the years before we decided to get into a studio together, I wasn't sure if he wanted to do songs that were pre-written or what. We didn't know what we were getting into.