I'm making music for other people to listen to for pleasure. And hopefully, later on maybe they'll listen to it and go, "That bass line, boy, did you hear the way those drums interacted with that?"

I've always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters' early records - only louder

I grew up on the Beatles; I love Linkin Park and Green Day. I heard hip-hop for the first time at 11 and realized what I was missing.

I'm not ashamed to say that I lived my life to that code. Quite a man, that Gene Autry.

I'm in awe of McCartney. He's about the only one that I am in awe of. He can do it all. And he's never let up...he's just so damn effortless.

If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'.