I think that's really important, that kids get exposed to music as soon as they can - not necessarily to become musicians, but at least have an outlet. It's an art form that's easily accessible to young ears.

The Beatles did everything long before anyone else. They weren't afraid to try things and to experiment with a lot of sounds. In 200 years, when you look up 'rock and roll' in the dictionary, it'll have a picture of the Beatles next to it.

There was a time I thought I couldn't enjoy rock 'n' roll unless I had heroin in me

I was very fascinated by the time when firearms went from being fire sticks to being something people could use to hunt and to survive.

You can always pound out demos and send them to record companies, but most of the successful bands I've seen are the ones that can sustain themselves.

The really pop country stuff can sound a little bland because they put in strings and horns and all of that.

I don't need to speak...I play the guitar!