A lot of times, when a band finds success with a certain style or sound, they have a really hard time breaking away from that to grow as artists.

I'm always going to get more of a charge playing Chicago than I will Duluth or some place like that. Just because of the history and the people there are way more knowledgeable than a lot of other cities. It's an amazing music scene with some great bands and great musicians.

No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate.

I always loose a little weight on the road, so I constantly have to be on top of my nutrition and hydration.

When I first went on tour with PJ in '98, I was still in shock having gone through the Soundgarden break up.

Ben was more improvisational, and relied less on methodology, and basically is a guitarist who switched to bass, whereas Jeff has a more traditional approach to playing bass in a band, and has a great sense of what his band sounds like, and we lock up nicely.

My recording career has luckily run the gamut of recording environments.