You get a realisation at some point in your career that whatever it is you do, you can no longer continue to do it. You just realise you can't put out the same records forever.
It's always Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Tom Waits for me - the big three.
Tom Waits is someone who has really struck me, ever since I was a kid. He's really a big deal for me.
I never got a chance to do Tom Waits or PJ Harvey kind of stuff in the Gaslight Anthem.
The Gaslight Anthem is very streamlined. We don't usually use organs and strings and things like that.
Going out and trying new stuff on an audience is a scary thing.
