I never got into sports at all until I was in my early 20s, after my music career got going.

I haven't stopped playing. If you play all the time, then your chops are up and you tend to grow.

The best part was watching Journey grow into this monster. The band was huge, playing these enormous gigs.

I've got the recording process down, and I can knock it out very quickly.

Beyond the Thunder is the closest I've recorded to an acoustic thing.

Nobody's perfect. Everyone slides here and there, and they have their ups and downs. When they are down, that is not the time to step all over them.

What I have is a bunch of really hungry, amazingly talented guys that can kick anybody's rear end.