I think playing live — especially now — is more important than it’s ever been because you can’t download a live show. All art is communication, and you just can’t get that off a computer. There’s just nothing like staring at the audience, or the audience staring you in the face. A lot of bands like to play with prerecorded tapes — that’s not our thing. It’s a roll of the dice every night playing live. I break it into thirds: One-third of our shows are absolutely amazing live, another third are OK and a third of them blow. There’s no way you can predict how that’s going to come out.
