Quotes

I am influenced by all the music I was brought up listening to and all the music I discover now.

I think I started out being pretty anti-'American Idol'. But the, by virtue of what I do for a living, I ended up meeting and spending some time with these winners or contestants and realizing the level of talent is pretty much off the charts. And that's when I began to really appreciate the show.

[on becoming the front band for 'Twin Forks' and adjusting to its alt-folk musical style ] There is like one-half of me that is a little irritated that I didn't get there first. The other half of me is so grateful that these bands enjoy the same kind of song structure and instrumentation that I do, because it's changed the ear of the average listener, who might hear a banjo come on and immediately change the channel will now listen a little closer.