There is so much good music in the U.S. and there is just a small section that gets recognised at the Grammys.

I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

I really don't have an ear for pitch. I can't sing at all, I can't hum melodies and I can't write riffs.

The Midwest breeds funny, eccentric people, to varying degrees. You play shows not because you're expecting to get a record deal, but to do something fun outside of mowing lawns. Everything else is just gravy... Or mustard.

Rock & roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world.

If you can't play guitar and sing in Nashville, you might as well just be a construction worker.

There is so much good music in the U.S. and there is just a small section that gets recognised at the Grammys.