By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I try to just be the person I am, with a lot of sensitivity to the genre in which I'm playing.
I come from the home-grown punk ethic, where it doesn't matter if you can't play a note, it's how you communicate.
I'm fine with being thought of as a guitar player, and if I can get any recognition or respect for doing that, that's a pretty good thing for me.
Punk rock has never really had much patience with musical virtuosity. Actually, it'd be more accurate to say that for most of its history, punk has been actively hostile to virtuosity.
You never find virtuosity for its own sake.
I can play punk rock, and I love playing punk rock, but I was into every other style of music before I played punk rock.
I know I'm a strong performer. I'm not an evolved musician.
I rarely play a real person, because I don't think I'm a good imitator.
I don't really ever think in terms of what type of person I'd love to play. I usually just read stuff and can tell. It's always fun to get to do things that stretch you and that you don't get to do a lot, but you never know until you see it.
I'm not a virtuoso on an instrument. You know, I'm not always singing in pitch. I laugh sometimes my way through the shows, but I'm an honest songwriter who's always tried to bring the audience with me on my journey in hopes that they see their own lives reflected in the work.