It's a chance to take some resources from the Wellstone site and turn it into something good.

I really think the late senator would have approved, ... It's important for all of the residents of Northeastern Minnesota to realize how important our resources are.

We train all the time, ... Once we get wherever we're going, our training will kick in and we'll do whatever comes our way down there.

We were pulled apart by so many outside forces that took us away from what we set out to do. By the end, I was spent dealing with all the egos, I needed some time off.

In the past, we would ask, ?What are you planning?', and the developer would say, ?We're not going to let the soil erode,' and we would say, ?OK'. Now, we'll have documentation.

I think that it's important to remember throughout the whole process how really lucky we are to be able to do this. I just think about how lucky we are that we don't have to load garbage into trucks or anything like that, you know what I mean? This is the best job anybody could ever have, so I think we all need a little shot of humility and a little break from the action.

We had to take a break and assess what was important, and that's creating music that fills what we see as a current void for classic rock with a modern edge.