Country music is worldwide - it's not just Nashville and Texas.
We've always been kind of an underground band in a way that had the respect of our peers on the road. I like to say we're the world's most famous opening act because we've opened for every huge band on the planet.
We've been around, and we've stayed around, and we go out, and people still enjoy listening to us, and we still sell a lot of tickets, so what do I got to complain about? Nothing.
'Dream Police' was in the can and ready to go when 'Budokan' started taking off worldwide, sales-wise.
I could do James Taylor, Neil Young, and sound just like them.
Nobody forced me to look any way. I just exaggerated what was already there.
I think all of our records are a progression of some sort.
Each record is sort of like a brand new baby, where it's your favorite thing at that moment in time.
I remember Robert Plant coming backstage after the first show saying, 'Hey, boys, I should be opening for you.' That felt pretty good.
I think we've got three that we have to play, and that would be 'Surrender,' 'Dream Police' and 'I Want You to Want Me.'
Some people ask why we bother to make new music, but we still love doing it.
We keep some distance between ourselves when we're not working. I think that's a really good thing.
