“In '98, I locked myself in my house, went out of my mind and wrote 25 songs. I r…” — Jerry Cantrell

Playing for someone else's crowd is always difficult for any band.

I've never been a big soloist; I just put in what needs to be there. I'm more of a rhythm player who plays lead - or tries to play lead.

I can sing fine and I can play guitar fine, but put 'em together and it becomes a thoughtful effort.

Success has a lot to do with luck, but it also involves a lot of real hard work. The thing about success is you really can't gauge things by album sales.