I feel like I want to write some songs and I don't know how to go about doing it. Usually it's the lyrics that are a problem, and I think I am not really cut out to be a 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.

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

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.

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've written some poetry, but...songs have to be more poetic, and I've really gotten to this non-poetic sort of writing.