High above New York City on the terrace of the Rock Star Suite at Hard Rock Hotel, The Black Keys raised a glass with us to celebrate the release of their new album, 'No Rain, No Flowers.'

During a talk with Audacy's Brad Steiner, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney looked back on their band's beginnings, first flashing back to a performance at Bonnaroo in 2004. "That day, what we were thinking is 'how soon can we get out of here,' because we were playing Friday at like 3 in the afternoon," Carney remembers. "We left and we had like 10 weekend passes, we scalped them. And then we drove to Louisville and went to Godfathers 2, a strip club, and spent all the money."

"That was our early success story," laughs Dan. "We've always been known as great businessmen," he jokes. "Fact in an industry," punctuates Carney with a smile.

But what would the Dan and Patrick of today have said to the 2004 kids? "I don't know," admits Patrick. "We were up for the grind, and we still are."

Back then the band was "just kind of existing in a little void," says Carney, and he feels the same now after the release of their latest album, 'No Rain, No Flowers.' "Well, a lot of the magazines are gone. Social media is like a cesspool. I don't know. We're just out here trying to have fun, make music we like."

To hear more about the making of 'No Flowers, No Rain,' check out the full conversation above.