My decision to leave 'Ween', however interpreted, was absolutely not made in haste.
I have some vivid memories of walking around as a child with a cassette tape.
I didn't really learn how to play guitar until I was in college.
I was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person.
I'm a very soft-spoken person. I don't throw furniture. I don't throw tantrums.
The locust has no king Just noise and hard language They talk me over
I do do a lot of talking, because it saves me listening.
I think getting the rest of the guys in the band to write is important.
Being from Iowa, I can tell you that Vegas is not normal.
I'm doing a lot of touring and things have been really busy for me.
People know me, and want to know me, as a baller more than anything else.
Scales played in the correct musical way are very exciting and rewarding.
Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom.
I see myself as the buffer between the band and the record company.
Awards shows are my greatest inducement to get back into shape.
I grew up in an era where an orchestra was like a treasure chest.
I have a big problem with conductors who gesture a lot.
I think this orchestra's strengths involve drama and voice.
You try on purpose to get players with different qualities which will rub off on one another.
You'll probably get three horses and you have to draw a good buckin' horse. That's mighty tough.
If you're lucky enough to draw a good horse, you still have to ride him, then the next ones.
