I'm Certainly Not Your Typical Front-man Material. Some People Love Being On Stage And Really Open Up, And I'm Sort Of The Opposite Of That. I Don't Crave The Spotlight. I'm Still Not Comfortable Even Talking On Stage.
I'm Definitely A Guitar Player, But It's The Last Thing I Listen To In A Song, After The Singer And The Drums.
You Know, There's Always Someone In Mind When I'm Writing. You Know, It's All Comes From Somewhere Inside.
My Mum's Family Would All Get Together, With Guitars, Harmonica, Mandolins And Upright Bass And Play Old Blues And Folk Songs. That Was Normal To Me.
Bands From Akron Have A Sense Of Humor And Don't Tend To Take Themselves Too Seriously.
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.
I Used To Be Really Nervous When I Sang. Like, When I Was A Kid Starting Young, 18 And 19, And My Dad Really Had To Sort Of Push Me To Start Singing In Front Of People. Ever Since I Got Out There And Really Started Doing It, The Only Thing I've Ever Tried To Do Is Just Sort Of Is Be Myself, You Know, Never Put On A Voice. Sing Naturally.
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.
