I've liked country music for forever. And Buck Owens is just one of many country guitarists I like. I think Buck's Sixties records are really progressive.

I didn't think I liked country music. Then I got into Garth Brooks.

I think there's enough room in country music for everybody.

I can't think of any punk who's put on an acoustic and hasn't just tried to sound like James Taylor.

The most flattering thing I hear is, 'I didn't think I liked country music before I heard your record.'

If I'm listening to country, it's Hank Williams, George Jones, Merle Haggard and stuff like that. If people out there don't take that stuff seriously, well, they just haven't listened to it and don't know what they're talking about.