I feel sorry for George. He's a troubled person. He seemed to have some psychological problems.

Otherwise, you just become partners managing the kids and life, and that makes your marriage more vulnerable to problems down the road.

He made it clear from the get-go that he didn't want to hurt anybody.

To us, his demands sounded rather reasonable. He didn't want a plane to Cuba. He didn't demand 300 million dollars.

We're absolutely not trying to replicate a bygone era. If we're doing these tunes now, it's because they hold up. They should evolve in some way, and after 20 years [if the band] is playing them the same way, something's wrong.

We took this idea and ran with it.