Most of our stuff was trial and error. You live with a tape recorder, you turn it on, you play the song and you listen to it.

If you feel like you're getting into a rut with a song, a night off usually fixes it.

Drums usually seem to tune themselves.

I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades.

Those bad times are important. They give you a chance to practice, listen, take stock, have a life, get your feet back on the ground, and maybe you'll live to tell the story.

New York, it was an adult portion. It was an adult dose. So it took a couple of trips to get into it. You just go in the first time and you get your ass kicked and you take off. As soon as it heals up, you come back and you try it again. Eventually, you fall right in love with it.

The Band never really played big concert tours. We never sold millions and millions of albums.