1. We will serve the songs. We will go where the songs take us.

2. We will not treat music as fashion. We will not diminish music by applying bullshit standards of coolness to it.

3. We will make music for its own sake, as its own reward, for ourselves.

4. We will treat the people we meet in our travels with courtesy and respect, unless we receive neither in return.

5. We will seek to be honest, authentic and original.

6. We will not play phony, kiss-ass, insider games to further our exposure, popularity and record sales.

7. We will be ourselves, whether it's considered cool or not.

8. We will try to have fun playing music.