I started out, obviously, as a sideman, and I had some really good gigs as a sideman.

You're only as good as your last record.

We started out good so we wouldn't get trampled,

I wish I could go to the school where my close friends go, but I obviously can't. The good thing is, they're really good about inviting me to all the football games and all that stuff. So I end up having an adopted team spirit for a school I don't go to.

Obviously there were some good parts; we were up 20. But the glaring similarity to last game is we let another team run at us and make it close in the fourth quarter. If we keep going like this, we're going to end up losing a game we should have won.

I did the first album, and it did much better than anyone expected.