Travelling to different countries is a goal. I wouldn't mind playing huge places if we got an opportunity to, but it's nice to play small places too.….

Last tour my bass rig was breaking down every other night. That was a pain. We would get on stage and Trey would count off the song, and I'd play the….

The worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player..

It does make sense to put on some songs that are relatively short, because radio usually only plays songs that are less than 4 or 5 minutes..

It's really important for the bass and the drums to somehow blend..

I'm not really satisfied with anything I have written to date..

I guess there are two things that make me like songs generally, of ours, and that is if they groove well, or if they have a jam that can go somewhere..

Right after I graduated, my girlfriend, who I had been going out with for five years, dumped me, and my grandmother died..

I built all the speaker cabinets myself..

A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist..

As long as we keep learning new music and getting better musically, there's a good chance that the record deal won't change anything..

Actually, it's great to play with someone who tries to come up with interesting drum beats because it pushes the music in different directions..

I feel like I want to write some songs and I don't know how to go about doing it. Usually it's the lyrics that are a problem, and I think I am not re….

I don't really have a favorite bass player. I listen to a lot of bluegrass. But then again, I'm not a typical bluegrass bass player. I was really int….

Usually I don't think much in terms of interesting sounds. Although I think I want to get one of those whammy pedals, I forget what it's called and w….

I'm always interested in mixing technology and music. You know, maybe I'll have a MIDI bass pickup at some point, I don't really think that's the dir….

We have access to more resources in general, and they are not going to force a situation on us, whether its the producer, or the cover, or what songs….

I've written some poetry, but...songs have to be more poetic, and I've really gotten to this non-poetic sort of writing..

I like referring to the saxophone and having a guitar lick instead. Same with the cymbals; having the cymbals and not playing cymbals..

In order to have that incredible groove that makes you dream you have to think not of the groove, but of the dream..

I haven't written enough songs to be able to say that I have a system. I've only written a handful..