[The last of the album's 10 songs is] It Don't Take Long, ... Beat's So Lonely.

I love the word 'juxtapose,' ... I like balancing words together like cruel and gentle, sad and beautiful. Life is not all black and white -- it's shaded.

Regular Guitar Player Guy

I was so broke. I was just trying to keep it going, keep the band going and writing all the time. ... I had written myself into oblivion, ... I had gotten to a point that I was very proud of and that I thought had depth, but no one wanted to hear that.

I write in big batches,

Everybody was telling me, 'Man, that's your dream job,' when I got the gig with Bob, ... I know I'll never play better songs than I did on those tours, but for me, the ultimate dream is playing my own songs.