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.

I'm not too picky about guitars. I love to collect them, mostly oddballs, but I'm not married to any brand or model. Whatever guitar has the best character for the song is the one I want to use, because if you've got a style, you're going to sound like yourself no matter what guitar you play.

Everybody always wants to rebel against their parents' music, but nobody listened to music louder than my dad.

When I'm writing with just an acoustic guitar, it can be for anyone.

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

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

I'm definitely a guitar player, but it's the last thing I listen to in a song, after the singer and the drums.