The benchmark of quality I go for is pretty high.

We went in and recorded exactly where we were at that point in time. I think because of the quality of musicianship of the band has given it the longevity. I thought the music would endure, I didn't think I would.. I always thought I'd be dead by 30 then dead by 40 and on and on. Now I'm 55 so I didn't even die at 50.

I play like I play. You hear it on 'Celebration Day.' It's pretty good for a one-night shot.

I collect LPs, but only if they're pretty high quality. I don't go back and dig through the bins.

The instruments that bleed into each other are what creates the ambience. Once you start cleaning everything up, you lose it. You lose that sort of halo that bleeding creates. Then if you eliminate the halo, you have to go back and put in some artificial reverb, which is never as good.

The whole tournament was like this. Everybody was pretty competitive.