For the last year and a half, I'm actually really enjoying myself on stage, ... Before I was happy we could please the fans, but I was always looking out of the corner of my eye, trying to keep track of Jan -- making sure that he wasn't getting up and going someplace that he shouldn't or worrying that he's going to trip over something and hurt himself.

Surf City has nothing to do with Santa Cruz,

But I kept thinking it didn't seem to matter. I had talented guys around him. It seemed as though our fans were pretty forgiving, and they were just happy he was there.

I was told for a good 5, 6, 7 years, 'You're going to have to do something about this because he's just not good any longer,'

For the last year and a half, I'm actually really enjoying myself on stage. Before I was happy we could please the fans, but I was always looking out of the corner of my eye, trying to keep track of Jan - making sure that he wasn't getting up and going someplace that he shouldn't or worrying that he's going to trip over something and hurt himself.

I was told for a good 5, 6, 7 years, 'You're going to have to do something about this because he's just not good any longer, ... It's nice that he's there, but he's not really adding musically.' But I kept thinking it didn't seem to matter. I had talented guys around him. It seemed as though our fans were pretty forgiving, and they were just happy he was there.