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

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

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

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 like referring to the saxophone and having a guitar lick instead. Same with the cymbals; having the cymbals and not playing cymbals.

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.