I can't begin to tell you what a difficult job it is to replace your drummer in this band.

The band Grizzly Bear, I think they're excellent. There's a beauty and a musicality there that I wish would have been in vogue in the late '80s, when I was forming bands.

It's a humbling thing, having kids. One of my sons came to rehearsals, and now he says Daddy's job is 'go play loud music.'

Alex is doing great and fitting in well, ... I can't begin to tell you what a difficult job it is to replace your drummer in this band, and these guys have truly risen to the high-pressure situation that it is.

The drummer is the backbone of the band and is the real underrated one.

Being a rock & roll star has become as legitimate a career option as being an astronaut or a policeman or a fireman.