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The Byrds weren't rock n' roll guys. We were kinda like your Seekers... folkies who took it a step further.

I think what makes the Byrds stand up all these years is the basis in folk music. Folk music, being a timeless art form, is the foundation of the Byrds. We were all from a folk background. We considered ourselves folk singers even when we strapped on electric instruments and dabbled in different things.

Well, I don't think it ever did, but in the early '60s I got interested in folk music.

I really dig The Byrds. I think they are the most underrated - in their original form - pop group.

Oh, I think country has changed tremendously. I think country has totally changed. Country music when I was a kid was Hank Williams. If you put Hank and Elvis together, there wasn't that musical difference. But as the Beatles showed up and the English invasion, I think country music got pretty far away from rock n' roll.

The original Byrds were very much Beatles-influenced, and then we gradually got our own sound. We started mixing things together more.

Growing up, I didn't really like folk music - I wasn't a fan of Bob Dylan. I grew up mostly listening to rap and hip-hop; it was this new form of music.

Folk is bare bones music.

Rock & roll has kept us alive for all these years. But we just love country music. It's in our blood.