The website to me is a complete Godsend. I love the Internet. I try to stay up-to-date with technological developments as they come, but I don’t know if that's even possible. It seems to me that information and the rate that we have access to it is doubling at least every 6 months now. I try to maintain a balance with our own website with keeping things technologically advanced but also making it easy to navigate and keeping in mind always the outcome of having a website in the first place and that is to keep in contact with our fans... to keep them informed...to keep them enthusiastic and to keep them in the know of where to get our product, where to see us play and at the same time keep them excited about coming back and visiting us. So, I love the website. I love the experience that I have had so far with it and I know its only going to get bigger and better. But for me there is nothing like having someone coming to a show and saying “I would have never of known you were playing here had it not been for your website.” That's a gas! And I think It’s only going to get better.
Speaking of the fans, from looking at your site and other fan sites it seems you have an unusually dedicated, loyal and active fan base. Is that perception true, and if so, do you go out of your way to accommodate your fans?
We've always prided ourselves on having the greatest fans in the world. Our fans are our life’s blood and its what we live for. Case in point...there is actually a section on our website where I just go up and I allow people access to my innermost thoughts. I don’t edit myself or anything. I update these ‘inspirations’ if you will, at least every month, hopefully every two weeks. And that's just based on the response that I have gotten from fans over the years, who have told me that the whole reason why they are fans in the first place is because they want a closer connection with their favorite artists. I felt, well shoot, publishing my diary, which is basically what this stuff is, for them to read, gives them a very, very deep personal connection with me and an insight into who I am as a person. I think if you keep that kind of connection in mind, as an artist, you are always going to, hopefully, develop that kind of relationship with your fans. And fortunately for us, I mean, they feel like family and we feel like family to them. I wouldn't have it any other way.
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