I Am Nice To Everybody.

Bands From Akron Have A Sense Of Humor And Don't Tend To Take Themselves Too Seriously.

That Culture, Of Looking At Catchy Music As A Negative Thing, Is Weird. It Has Nothing To Do With Me, Or The Music I Was Into Growing Up. The Stones And The Beatles Only Tried To Write Hits. Every Motown Song, Every Credence Clearwater Song - They Were Trying To Write Hits.

Hip Hop Is The New Rock N' Roll, You Know What I Mean? And Anybody Who Doesn't Think That Is Just Sort Of Living In The Past. It's All Just American Music, Really, When You Get Right Down To It.

I Started Playing Bluegrass With My Family, So There Were The G, C And D Chords. I Was Playing A Martin Acoustic Because That's What Carter Stanley Of The Stanley Brothers Played. Then I Got Into The Really Raw Blues Of Hound Dog Taylor And Started On Electric Guitar.

When I'm Writing With Just An Acoustic Guitar, It Can Be For Anyone.