We wanted to make a stop at each place to taste. We left our kids at home. This is a night out for Mom and Dad.

You'd be sending home parents who brought kids here when they were 2. Do you leave the kids here with the neighbors for 10 years? That's not a very conservative position in my view.

I don't take my kids to the movie theater because it is a lot easier to watch it at home. I can take a break whenever I want.

Since it was so good last year, we've tried to do this at home. But it just doesn't taste the same. We're still working on it.

The interior is spectacular. The kitchen and baths have been beautifully redone. To my taste, this home is the nicest one we've ever had [in the contest].

We're just going to see how the kids react and give them a taste of something new, ... We've had a ton of song ideas done for a while yet, but being on the road and not having an actual producer lined up has sort of delayed [this record]. We have our eyes set on some bigger names [for a producer], and we'll see what pans out. In a dream world, it would be nice to maybe get someone like Rick Rubin , who's obviously a much sought-after person. Either way, we're going to experiment with new formulas. We won't do anything that's too out of our realm. After a decade of playing this style, we're an institution in the scene where you wouldn't want to go rock the boat or disappoint any of our diehard fans. But to challenge ourselves as artists and look for new avenues to go down, we're definitely going to do that. Just nothing that'll be too out of left field.