I hope we've lightened up over the years. We're fairly comfortable where we are, living-wise, and we're excited, honestly, just to still be around. I think we're less earnest than we were.

I've always wanted to have keyboards in the band.

Crohn's doesn't define who you are. You are a human being; you are special and a great addition to society. Crohn's is just a part of your life. Try to be positive and proactive - therein lies the solution.

There's this idea that, 'All I have at the end of the day is my mind.' That's the only thing you can control. I believe that.

My mind has always kind of operated with this band like it's gonna be over tomorrow.

I've always had this term 'mad season' in my head.

I don't ever want to play a festival again, period.

I never play as well without these guys; the best I have ever been creatively has been with Pearl Jam.

I was reading an article with Stevie Ray Vaughan a long time ago, and the number '1959' stuck out to me for some reason. So I started searching those out as the band got more popular and I could actually afford one. And I found this one in Los Angeles. That's what introduced me to the whole world of 1959s.

I've met a ton of new people who have colitis or Crohn's. Talking to them has been probably the most healing thing: to hear other people's attitudes on how they deal with their disease and how they stay positive.

There's Eddie's conviction and his lyrics and his ideals, and he can just rock straight out. His vocals are incredible. And we all are really competent musicians.

When they're singing the guitar lines of songs in South America? Never heard that before. And in Canada, when they're singing all of the lyrics to every song - that blows me away. I don't know all the lyrics to every song.

When we did our first record, my mindset was this is all going to be over tomorrow.

I should never, ever try and grow a mustache again.

To just meet people that have Crohn's or colitis and to hear their stories gives me a lot of hope and a lot of courage.

Polaroids were the instant thing to get a photo back when I started it. You had to wait two days to get your film back if you had a real camera, and I was more of an instant-gratification guy.

I honestly grew up listening to the Stones more. But that doesn't mean I don't love the Beatles.

It was by design that we mostly used pictures that you could not necessarily see what was going on, and that didn't really focus in on the band, but instead focused in on a theme.

'Even Flow' is the best to play live because of the long solos. It starts out slow and builds, and, depending on what the audience does, I can reflect that in the solo.

And watching Ed, he's really coming into his own doing some new things onstage I've never seen him do. He's really getting into it, putting 120 percent into the show. We feel comfortable and excited.

There are moments in South America, in Brazil, where you look out, and there are literally thirty, forty thousand people jumping up and down at the same time.

We try to keep everything as in-house and small and as punk rock and do-it-yourself as we can. That's part of our way of doing business.

I'm surprised that we're around still. A lot of the bands that we came out with are not around.

There are some people who have stayed with us our whole career, which is pretty cool too.

At some shows, the set list gets changed while we are on stage. I know Ed thinks about the set very hard throughout the day in order to make the best show possible for the fans and for us.

At this point, because we have stayed the same course for so many years, I feel like we are freer to make choices that are motivated by what feels right creatively at a given point in time.

I am constantly amazed at their support over the years.

I feel very blessed we can still have a career making music.

I have had Crohn's for about 19 years. It is a debilitating disease that affects my colon.

I have to eat in a way that's good for me.

I love playing with Jeff. That's something I never really say in the press, but he's my favorite bass player. I've played right next to him for 10 years.

I think our relationship with Epic had run its natural course, and it happened to coincide with the fulfillment of our contract. We decided not to resign with them.

It's always push and pull with a record company.

It's extremely important to have a loyal fan base and be receptive to them.

My favorite rocker is Go because it is heavy and chaotic.

Other bands gave us lip service, but when it came down to it they kind of backed off. That was a little disheartening. But I respect them. That's their business.

Some people are still not into us. That makes sense. We haven't really done a lot of press. We haven't put ourselves out there in ways that a lot of people would know we are still around. Unless you tour or record, they don't know you are around.

The average life spans of many bands are not that long, up to five years if they are lucky.

Throughout my life of having Crohn's, I've been on and off prednisone when other stuff was not working.

When our band took off, we were all in this microcosm of a hurricane or whatever it was. It was a crazy, crazy dream come true with nightmares floating around it, and all sorts of stuff was happening, and my Crohn's was happening.

I play 'Rock Band' with my friends' kids, and they completely beat me senseless with it. I feel like I'm holding them back. I try to play the drums, and I just can't play the drums. I think I need to work on my skills.

Every Crohn's and colitis patient is different, and they all respond to different things. That's the craziest thing about it.

I'm born, and I die, but in between that, I can do whatever I want or have a strong opinion about something.

Playing onstage, I'm always aware of where the bathrooms are. When Crohn's hits, I have to run, or it won't be pretty.

I've been denied coverage two times in my life - and it's after I've been in a big successful rock band. And I've a lot of met people who've been denied coverage who don't have the resources to fight the insurance companies. And they shouldn't have to do that.

I'll hear us on classic rock radio stations, and I'll go, 'Oh, my God, we're getting old!'

I'm amazed that people are even still wanting to listen to us.

Until Mad Season, I didn't have that confidence to write songs, and I really got it, playing with these guys. It meant the world to me.

I'm the kind of guy who wants to be involved in everything concerning our new baby. I don't want to miss a thing.

To be able to make a living doing what I love is truly a gift, and I'm thankful for that every day.