My father passed away, and that was hard. But we were about to have to move out of our apartment and into a van, and we were able to move into his house. God is definitely watching over us. He sends us angels.

It was black and cold; there was too much blood loss.

Some people suffer differently from it. It attacks the organs like the kidneys and liver, eyesight; people just respond to it differently.

We need to have our showers, there's some guys in here who should be showering more often than they are.

I've been playing since I was about 7. I never really used a pick very much. I mean, once in a while, if you're in a festive mood, you might draw a little blood, but nothing significant... But my hands aren't abused, really.

The rest of the band had a cynical view towards the way 'Tusk' was made and the reasons why I thought it was important to move into new territory. It wasn't just negativity. There was open hostility. Then I got a certain amount of flak because it didn't sell as many as 'Rumours.'