It is hard to play Blue Suede Shoes. I know everyone has heard it 10 million times, and that makes it even harder to play it, but there's a very laid back tempo on that. I was surprised at how slow it really was.

If you listen to everybody's opinions, I mean, I always say I'd be digging a ditch on the side of the road now if I had listened to what everybody told me what to do. You know, you have to follow your heart, you have to.

The biggest challenge for me was Get Rhythm. I don't know why.

I thought it would be cool to take flat-picking and put it in overdrive. I thought it would bend the ear.

The jazz chord substitutions in a country song... that was another thing that bent people's ears. I guess that my favorites are the unique ones. It's not how fast you play. It's that unique blending of different stuff I'm most proud of.

I mean, what 16-year-old is going to listen to Doc Watson?

I'm not God's gift to rockabilly. There's great players out there, and some of them deserve a lot more than they've gotten.