A Grammy is really nice, but having lots of fans is really nice, too. I think just getting a record out is a success on its own.

The Black Keys is just a band that wants to get on stage and rock it.

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'm really not worried about what fans think.

You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.

The modern video games kind of - they're too three dimensional.