Music should be poor. Music should be with out air conditioning. That's just the way it is.

My band can tell you, I'd rather do anything than rehearse.

Ben [Peeler] and I have known each other for a decade. He trusts my crazy ideas and spontaneous combustion and he gets the players I want and knows the kind of personality players I like. He has taste that I trust and that to me is more important than any technical things.

Music should be poor. Music should be with out air conditioning. That's just the way it is.

A great hang is mandatory. But in all of my years as a traveling musician, on a whole it's been pretty damn magical. There have been a couple duds along the way, but most time, I'm in awe of the guys who want to play on my records.

I am very picky about my people and my beer.

I can't write about your pain; I only know my own.