The speaker argues that finding success at a later age in one's career is more meaningful than achieving it early.

“I was 44 and I remember I was wearing dad jeans and I was like in comfortable shoes I had planter fasciitis yeah and I was like just like this isn't going to happen and I had to be cool with that I had to come to terms with that and being the fact that as I'm sure you guys probably maybe understand ”

The speaker feels that the process of joining an established band should happen organically to maintain the authenticity of the music.

“I think like the beauty of this whole situation is that it happens so organically I didn't even know I was auditioning and then it just like felt like musically super viby and as people super viby it was like so natural and like that's all I've ever wanted with the music is like to have it be organi”

The speaker expresses a preference for rehearsing in a studio rather than writing new music while on the road.

“I'm sure some people thrive riding on the road but I don't think that's really our thing really yeah”