It's a huge recovery. It's not something you just do one day and then get back to your life. My body is still telling me there's a long way to go.

Her voice is much stronger than it was, and getting better each day.

Much as I'd like to, you can't pretend this is not a big deal.

It's hard on me, yes, but it is the absolute toughest thing for a teenager. We've had a couple of long talks about how long this is going to take. She wants to get up and go now, but I think she's finally beginning to understand that's not how it works.

It's great. It's supercool. He's got a lot of energy, it's mind-blowing. I think he's just gifted. God sort of said, 'I'm going to throw about 50 people's talents into this one person.' He's just blessed with a lot of things.

It feels very loose, in a good way. There's a very large comfort level with the band because we've been doing it for a while now. There's just a lot of trust between everybody.