The worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player.

A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist.

I guess there are two things that make me like songs generally, of ours, and that is if they groove well, or if they have a jam that can go somewhere.

In order to have that incredible groove that makes you dream you have to think not of the groove, but of the dream.

We have access to more resources in general, and they are not going to force a situation on us, whether its the producer, or the cover, or what songs we have to play. And it's a small enough company that it seems like the people there care about music and not just about business.

Last tour my bass rig was breaking down every other night. That was a pain. We would get on stage and Trey would count off the song, and I'd play the first note and nothing would be there. Those guys would just roll their eyes.

I'm not really satisfied with anything I have written to date.