Bands from Akron have a sense of humor and don't tend to take themselves too seriously.
Dan AuerbachEverybody always wants to rebel against their parents' music, but nobody listened to music louder than my dad.
Dan AuerbachI feel like I live in my own little world, to be honest. I mean, I love my record, but I don't feel tied to it. I sort of created my own little universe in the studio, and that's why all of those musicians who made a living in the Nashville music scene loved coming over to my place so much.
Dan AuerbachI 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.
Dan Auerbach