I never go back and listen to the recorded document. The thrill comes when the balance can be attained. Everyone in the room can have a shared, communal rock experience.

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We're like old people now playing music. I'm so glad we stuck it out because...

We're like old people now playing music. I'm so glad we stuck it out because...

I certainly don't sit around in the morning making pancakes listening to Whitehouse or anything.

I certainly don't sit around in the morning making pancakes listening to Whitehouse or anything.

No one really gets rich doing this. A couple people do, Black Sabbath does. We...

No one really gets rich doing this. A couple people do, Black Sabbath does. We...

I grew up in the early '70s in New England.

I grew up in the early '70s in New England.

There's three people writing now, and we've all had a lot of interest and involvement...

There's three people writing now, and we've all had a lot of interest and involvement...

Kids think of us as being totally over the hill. Lyric writing is an interesting...

Kids think of us as being totally over the hill. Lyric writing is an interesting...

A lot of the lyrical ideas do have a lot of meaning in a way,...

A lot of the lyrical ideas do have a lot of meaning in a way,...

Whenever I can afford to do something, I do it.

Whenever I can afford to do something, I do it.

It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us...

It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us...

Each member does whatever they want with the song and it totally changes it from...

Each member does whatever they want with the song and it totally changes it from...

We never notate our music, so you can try to replicate it, but you don't...

We never notate our music, so you can try to replicate it, but you don't...

Every now and again, the alternative culture is cherished by the mainstream for what it...

Every now and again, the alternative culture is cherished by the mainstream for what it...

We're playing all these weird festivals, usually outdoors.

We're playing all these weird festivals, usually outdoors.

It's hard for bands to stick it out because people grow up, and it never...

It's hard for bands to stick it out because people grow up, and it never...

Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be...

Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be...

Rock'n'roll saved my soul.

Rock'n'roll saved my soul.

I wanted to hear the songs in the way that I had written them, which...

I wanted to hear the songs in the way that I had written them, which...

We're all very sensitive that Jim has the shortest history with the band. He wants...

We're all very sensitive that Jim has the shortest history with the band. He wants...

I have to reign myself in a lot.

I have to reign myself in a lot.

I never do releases to try and make or break some contemporary band.

I never do releases to try and make or break some contemporary band.