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

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.

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

Travelling to different countries is a goal. I wouldn't mind playing huge places if we got an opportunity to, but it's nice to play small places too. Fish was saying yesterday that he doesn't ever want to play stadiums, or maybe he would once, he said.

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.

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