It's rare in life to look at all the people around you and realize that they're all invested in what you're doing.

Touring is a rough thing. You don't have any time to look around or stop and think if what you're doing is making you happy. The more you tour, the better the band gets, and you get caught up in a lot more things than just traveling. It becomes a way to survive.

I always work on the songs all together up until the very end. I never mix a song and think, Okay, now that one's done. I think that's why it feels like songs are really connected, and I like that. They're all worked on kind of like a little family.