I'd say recording and playing on stage are two completely different things. Being up in front of all people is like jumping off a cliff into icy water. The recording process is a totally different energy.

I'm not saying I'm not a moody guy sometimes, but I think I have a pretty normal balance.

I actually don't go to shows anymore. Rock concerts have lost their appeal for me.

I think most people start rock bands in their early twenties or teens, but I was almost thirty at the time when the band started really doing anything and it took another several years before people started caring about us.

We were always in the shadows of the stuff that was getting more attention. So people learned to listen to us slowly over time. And, frankly, we learned how to listen to ourselves. It takes us a long time to write a song that we all really like, so it makes sense that it would take a while for the listener to get there, too.

I can never turn a tour into a vacation.

A different drumbeat or some vocal overdub could completely transform the song.