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I have a terrible memory in general, but one thing I've always been able to remember is my songs.

The craziest part of being on tour is being overseas and having crazed fans so far away from home. They don't speak English, but they still know the lyrics. That's a trip.

I've been on the tour for many, many years. It's time for me to go now, before it's too late.

I think a lot of it is that we used to tour so much that we never really had time to write songs.

You obviously don't really forget how to play the old songs; you just don't have to spend so much time convincing yourself that you remember them. Way less mental energy is spent swimming around in lyrics you've already written and chords you've already played.

The best memories on tour are always of kids who tell me they are going to run back to their classrooms and start writing!

I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That's why I tend to forget my songs.

I don't really need to be remembered. I hope the music's remembered.

People have to remember this - I've literally been going at this music thing since my mother passed away.

The lyrics are always the last thing I do. I always have a recording of basic tracks and maybe some of the lead work. I'll sit back and listen to it, and I'll just concentrate on what kind of feeling it gives me. My goal writing the lyrics is to not disrupt that feeling.