We`re absolutely American and distinctly so, I think. That`s part of what people respond to outside of this country, part of the reason that we`re such a huge band outside of the U.S., where we`re not so popular now as we were 10 or 12 years ago.
We toured that record for a year, which turned out to be the culmination of ten years of being constantly on the road. We were sick to death of touring.
We made part of the record in Miami, and I would go down to the beach, and not 20 feet from the water I see a fish that is at least seven feet long swimming close to the shore. I did not go back in the ocean the entire month.