I was just reading posts on forums about people not knowing who Lifehouse drummer Rick's wife is. It never even occurred to me to question it. And I think that anyone who knew how much of a Lifehouse fanatic I am would be very surprised at my ignorance regarding the subordinate band members. Now that I think about it, though, I don't think I really am a true Lifehouse fan - I'm just an adamant fan of Jason Wade, and Lifehouse happens to be his life. He writes all the music, though, and he sings all the vocals in the studio recordings - it's his soul that's in the music. Maybe the drums and bass make it sound better, but that's not what distinguishes Lifehouse from other bands. That's not what makes me love the music so much. It's that Jason sings about what he believes, and I love those things too - I love what he lives for. And everything he's said in interviews confirms that.

INTERVIEWER: "What’s the most gratifying thing a fan has ever said?"
JASON: "There’s a song we had on our first indie record, called Storm, that a lot of the fans have been connecting to. There were these two girls made these big signs that had the name Storm on it. They wanted me to play it but we haven’t played it for years and I felt bad that we weren’t doing it that night because she was crying. After the show, we do the signing for the fans afterward, and she was the last person in the crowd and she came up and basically came up and said she was suicidal, she was on all these pain medications and that song helped her get through a really tough time. I grabbed an acoustic guitar and just played it for her in the dressing room and she just bawled. When something like that happens – that a song can actually be meaningful to someone’s life – that’s the best compliment ever for a songwriter I think."