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

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

The heavy guitars are the ones that sound good. They are not that comfortable, but they do sound great.

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.

I'm not a guy to go in the studio and spend months, let alone years, like some people do. I cannot even be in the studio for a month, it will drive me nuts.

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