My Smiths, my Carters, the Cashes - everybody embraced me and held my arms up when I couldn't do it myself.

I challenged myself to carry on the style of guitar that my grandmother did: the Carter scratch.

I like things all shined up and rocking with hooky pop choruses.

I always have to just be myself. Anything else, I'm not happy, and it comes out musically.

I think, looking back, there was a lot of fear of success in me. When you are successful, you have to keep it up... it requires you to be responsible, and I had been pretty irresponsible.

I don't really have any ditties left in me anymore.