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11. And finally...DON'T let your women get involved in the band!

"I have two words for you," says Carlos, letting out a laugh. "The Beatles."

He expands on this last rule: "Listen, my wife worked for a phone company, Illinois Bell, for 16 years, and I never once went down there and said, 'Hey, you know what? You should do your job differently' or "I think you should be doing this instead of that.' She'd be like, 'Get out of here!'

"Same goes for bands. I'm not trying to be sexist or anything, but what wives or girlfriends have to say doesn't matter. My wife would never tell me that a part I was playing was dumb or didn't work - it's not her place. So don't let your women have that kind of power over you.

"Again, look at The Beatles. Greatest band in the world. But what happened when the women got involved? Need I say more?"