As long as we keep learning new music and getting better musically, there's a good chance that the record deal won't change anything.

It does make sense to put on some songs that are relatively short, because radio usually only plays songs that are less than 4 or 5 minutes.

Right after I graduated, my girlfriend, who I had been going out with for five years, dumped me, and my grandmother died.

I don't really have a favorite bass player. I listen to a lot of bluegrass. But then again, I'm not a typical bluegrass bass player. I was really into the Grateful Dead, and I still am - I don't listen to them too much, but for me they are a big influence.

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.

As long as we keep learning new music and getting better musically, there's a good chance that the record deal won't change anything.

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