Luckily, we're the sort of people who get along. And we have a great respect for each other's work.

I know it's financially lucrative to go out on my own, but I don't like it. It's really hard work, just the performance aspect. I like people who look like they've been together for too long and sound like they've been together too long. I like rock n' roll bands.

I don't write a whole lot about one person that exists in reality; it's usually characteristics of different people that I combine into a character. I tend to think through and try and make characters behave in a natural way. I follow the character and think about what they would do, what decisions they would make.

The fact that I have a Southern accent and write about a lot of rural things leads people to put me in the country category.

We're working on our defense. We've got rebounds, toughness and self-respect are the four things we have to work on down the stretch.

I just try to keep making good records, try to write songs the best way I can and take my job seriously. Like most people take their jobs.