See my father knew a lot about music, he played the piano and he would do theory and stuff like that, but I didn't learn anything from him, but I played that for him and he liked it a lot.
From a social perspective, I am looking for friends, not acolytes.
The other thing in composition is opening up the unconscious.
Early Bluegrass is my favorite kind of music, not to many people know that.
I was using them as teachers for technique but I was never trying to be a folk.
But I say these things in an objective dispassionate manner because, you know, and I can't explain why, but being one of the greatest guitarists in the world simply is not very important to me.