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

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.

It's really important for the bass and the drums to somehow blend.

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.

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

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