Conway Twitty was always our local hero while I was growing up. He had a series of good bands. I wanted to sit in, if Conway would let me. And he did a couple of times.

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

I don't fool with a lot of things that I can't have fun with. There's not much reward in that.

Drums usually seem to tune themselves.

Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian.

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.

I like to get within handshaking distance of the crowd. If it happens, they know it, we know it, and that's all we came here for.