For me, it's always been important to have the live band be one thing, and the recorded band be kind of another thing.

I've already had a hard time dealing with some of the trappings of success and turned to some pretty stereotypical escape routes - ways of escaping my own reality and falling into some pretty clichéd situations.

I wanted to show a different side of ourselves. I wanted to see in what ways I could explore something new. I felt like working on a double record would give people a lot to have.

It's not like I had a breakdown, though it kind of felt like it at the time. I agreed to everything that happened. You can't really be at work and be like, "That's it. I've had too much. I'm going home."

I think that when people download the record they're kind of missing out on part of the experience, because it's really meant to be an immersive experience.

Drugs are fine for you alone at home, but when it comes to being a family, which a band is, it just messes everything up.

Three years between records is longer than average. Double albums are much more of a statement. I really wanted to put myself out there as much as I possibly could.