I Am Nice To Everybody.

That Culture, Of Looking At Catchy Music As A Negative Thing, Is Weird. It Has Nothing To Do With Me, Or The Music I Was Into Growing Up. The Stones And The Beatles Only Tried To Write Hits. Every Motown Song, Every Credence Clearwater Song - They Were Trying To Write Hits.

I Started Playing Bluegrass With My Family, So There Were The G, C And D Chords. I Was Playing A Martin Acoustic Because That's What Carter Stanley Of The Stanley Brothers Played. Then I Got Into The Really Raw Blues Of Hound Dog Taylor And Started On Electric Guitar.

My Mum's Family Would All Get Together, With Guitars, Harmonica, Mandolins And Upright Bass And Play Old Blues And Folk Songs. That Was Normal To Me.

You Get To Bring Your Own Sound System When You Play An Arena, All The Lights And Visual Stuff, Which I Think Is Really Cool. There's Something About Those Old Arenas, Where It Feels Larger Than Life.

Being 16 Years Old And Getting An Electric Guitar Is Never Going To Get Old. There's Always Going To Be Kids Making Music. There's Always Going To Be Kids In Bands.