Those are my friends on that board. They're good people. But I don't understand how they came to the decision to remove John with an armed guard. There was no notice, no warning.

I don't like bringing government into people's homes, but when you have to make a tough decision to protect people, you have to make that decision. I'd hate to see them skirt it if it's a tough decision.

That's just a decision that I made and some friends of mine thought was a good idea and some people within the band thought was a good idea, ... That's why Japan was canceled.

To be successful you need friends and to be very successful you need enemies.

We understand the decision he had to make. He and I are great friends, and we've been playing for a long time. We all know he wants to be out there with us, but he's got big things ahead of him. If it was me and the doctor said I needed six weeks with those plans he has, it would not even have been a choice.

The fact that my two best friends are going there in '07 as well just made the decision that much easier.