I Tend To Name Albums After One

When I'm Writing With Just An Acoustic Guitar, It Can Be For Anyone.

I Used To Be Really Nervous When I Sang. Like, When I Was A Kid Starting Young, 18 And 19, And My Dad Really Had To Sort Of Push Me To Start Singing In Front Of People. Ever Since I Got Out There And Really Started Doing It, The Only Thing I've Ever Tried To Do Is Just Sort Of Is Be Myself, You Know, Never Put On A Voice. Sing Naturally.

A Lot Of Musicians Are Super - Insecure And They Take Forever And They Obsess Over The Minutia And It's Really Stifling. It's Not That The Band The Black Keys Is That Confident, It's That We're Not Striving For Perfection. We Are Just Trying To Have Fun. None Of The Music That We Like Is Perfect. It's Good. And Real. We Just Want To Make Real Records, Flaws And All.

Guitar Solos Bore The Hell Out Of Me. Only A Few Guitarists Interest Me, And It's Not About The Solos They Play, It's About The Grooves They Create.

When I Learned To Play Music, I Was Listening To Blues Music. And All The Blues Music I Liked Was Super Simple And Stripped Down. And Then All The Hip Hop I Liked Was Super Simple And Stripped Down And We Always Heard That Connection.