I have such a great band. We had played all this material on the road. I just wanted to let it fly.

You can't be afraid to deal with your demons. You've got to go there to be able to write.

I started writing more with my voice in mind.

You can't really praise somebody's work and then criticize the process.

I have to try different things to see what works best. Other people get impatient with that.

It's just the more you do it the better you get, or at least that's how I feel in my case. I think it's a combination of confidence and just having done it this long and just learning. I'm always learning. I'm still honing my craft.

What seems conceit, bad manners or cynicism is always a sign of things no ear have heard, no eyes have seen. You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone.