inspiration is good and good to get started. when i made my band, i really wanted to make sure i had young elements in it and i really wanted young kids to be part of it. so i have an 11-year-old bass player. >> steve: do you have to pay him a salary or just an allowance? >> i don't even know about all that. >> steve: you guys are busy, 'cause you were performing yesterday in saratoga, new york, right? >> steve: yes. god bless you, you traveled all night to be here with us. >> i did. i got there at like 2:00 o'clock in the morning. i had to sleep. i can't believe i'm awake right now, to be honest. and i'm quite perky, to be honest. >> steve: 16-year-old during the summer awake at 7:26 in the morning. >> gretchen: you're one of the few who could pull it off. tell me about the book coming out this summer. >> i wrote a tween advice book called "between you and me." the whole tween thing. but i had a very smooth tween transition. i think it's kind of a time that