“I think I started playing bass in 1990, which is what? 19 years ago…Wow, I'm getting old! Actually I played guitar first—hang on, my sunglasses are totally fucking up here—I played guitar first and never picked up a bass, wasn't interested in it at all. Then I moved to Iowa and I didn't have any friends there, I didn't know anybody, and I was in this music store and I overheard this dude talking about needing a bass player…”