Actually, it's great to play with someone who tries to come up with interesting drum beats because it pushes the music in different directions.

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

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.

Actually, it's great to play with someone who tries to come up with interesting drum beats because it pushes the music in different directions.

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 built all the speaker cabinets myself.

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