I'm not a super blues player, but I was exposed to the Texas blues sound while I was growing up, and that definitely rubbed off on me.

We still get those kind of cats coming out to our shows. Once you're into it, you're into it for a lifetime.

Lessons didn't really work out for me, so I went to the old school, listening to records and learning what I wanted to learn.

Most bands don't make it past two albums and tours, if that. We pulled it off, and everybody's been happy and cool, but we got to the point where we knew it was time to take a break.

In Hinduism, Shiva is a deity who represents transformation. Through destruction and restoration, Shiva reminds us that endings are beginnings, and that our world is constantly undergoing a cycle of birth, death and rebirth.

Any known attempt at proselyting would be instantly amenable at a criminal tribunal and would probably be punished by the death of the proselyte and the banishment of the missionary. All efforts must be conducted in private and are therefore very limited.

The death of what's dead is the birth of what's living.

We're so afraid of death in our culture, but I think if we understand it better, then we'll appreciate the life we have more.