Guitar Playing Isn't Really For Everybody.

When Ray Flacke Came Out, It Was Like 'what In The Heck Is This?' ... There's A Guy Who Had That Tele Players Attitude, And He Plugged Straight Into That Amp With A Delay, And It Was Unbelievable The Way He Would Bend Those Big Strings ... He Was Really Unique.

Alison Krauss Is Definitely My Favorite Singer That's Ever Lived. I've Never Heard Anyone Like Her.

I Try To Write Like The Writers I Admire - I Rip Them Off In Form. It Comes From George Strait And Merle Haggard Records, And Country Music In General Is Really Good At That, The Twisted Phrase... So Im Always Looking For That Angle In My Own Work.

You Think Back To Tele Players, And James Burton Was The One Who Started It All. He Inspired Roy Nichols (guitar For Merle Haggard & The Strangers), Don Rich (guitar For Buck Owens & The Buckaroos), And Guys Like That To Push The Envelope And Expand On That Sound... I Really Identify With That Kind Of Thinking ... Those Guys To Me Are The Reason Why Any Of Us Do This.

Deep Down, I'm Just A West Virginia Hillbilly.