The focus of my playing is the groove, and every time I find a new rhythm, I find I can write a bunch of new songs. Learning how to dance, or drum, or to swing my body in a new way is the fundamental way I find a new riff. Because when you learn to swing your body in a new way, you begin to swing with your instrument differently.

I liked the banana-seat bikes with the high handlebars - maybe a card in the wheel could have been part of it.

It's really comforting for me and Jeff, at least, that after 12 years we finally feel we've reached a place where we can be more honest, real and loving with each other. And we're finally in a band that we know is good, and deserves the credit it's getting.

Right, those relationships with your parents and family are the hardest to figure out, and the same patterns get carried into a band situation.

I like to play music. I like projects. I like excuses to hang out with my friends and play music.

I've seen neighborhoods that I would have never driven though because I'm riding my bike, because I'm looking for side roads, looking for maybe more hills or less hills depending if I'm exercising or not. You see a lot more, and you get the flow of a city a lot more.

Every year is filled with good times and fights and struggles and misunderstandings. All of it adds up to being in a band over a long time.