4 Quotes by Aaron Stern

I was really trying to anchor down the band. We should explore this new song, but we've got to have a certain element that will have our old fans listening and enjoying it while gaining a whole bunch of new fans. I was definitely worried. But first and foremost we wanted to write songs that did inspire us. That was the most important part because we didn't want to write an album that we just hated before it even came out.

Kids live vicariously through the lyrics. They identify with them, feel like these are their stories. They listen to what you have to say and know if you're lying.

I think a lot of bands just, they sort of mark themselves as they can only go so far. They sort of screw themselves by setting the bar so low, that we can only go so far with music. Instead I feel like our band as people, our personalities, we kind of had the feeling we can do anything and go anywhere.

A lot of his stuff was a lot slower, so there was a period of time where we were all worried. I was really worried because I was like man, this is nothing like our old stuff.