Rock Stars Are Like Sports Stars: If

The Fact That I'm Virtually Deaf. Any Woman Who's Going To Date A Rock Musician Has To Be Prepared To Repeat Herself Every 10 Seconds. My Wife Asks Me Where We Should Go For Dinner And It Sounds Like The Schoolteacher From Charlie Brown.

In A Way, As Much As We Love To Be A Big, Loud Rock Band, The Acoustic Album Was A Lot Easier To Make Than The Rock Records. I Think Because It Was Brand New Territory For The Band.

I Had Never Been In Charge Of Anything. I'd Always Worked For Someone. I Worked For A Furniture Warehouse. I Did Masonry. I Always Had A Boss Yelling At Me. So I'd Never Been In Charge Of An Organization.

I Think Maybe People See Bands And Musicians As Some Sort Of Superhero Unrealistic Sport That Happens In Another Dimension Where It's Not Real People And Not Real Emotions. So, I Grew Up Listening To Beatles Records On My Floor. That's How I Learned How To Play Guitar. If It Weren't For Them, I Wouldn't Be A Musician.

And Later, If I Ever Felt That I Was Getting Swept Away By The Craziness Of Being In A Band, Well, I'd Go Back To Virginia.