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When you keep the caliber of musicians very high in the band, people are going to come and go. Some of them will be people who have to try various things, it's natural.

Being in a band is a really magical thing because you've got a family and you operate as this one entity. It's very democratic; everyone is involved in the output. But within that, there can be a lot of disagreements and strife.

Being in a band is always a compromise. Provided that the balance is good, what you lose in compromise, you gain by collaboration.

There's definitely a solitary aspect to not having a band, and there are times when I wish that I did.

It's hard for bands to stick it out because people grow up, and it never really pays off. If you're looking for some sort of payoff, it's not gonna happen.

It doesn't matter how good you are as a band or how good your music may be; if the fans aren't supporting it and buying your music, it's hard to make it.

Sometimes I don't want to be in the confines of what a band seems to provide.

Some days, I want to be prim and proper, and others, I want to be in a band.

When you're in a band that's so big when you're young, you kind of lose your identity a little bit. You just become part of the band. I just needed to get away from it.

Most of your day is spent working, and being in a band is no different. We're just business travelers in a way.