When I first started in rock, I had a big guy's audience for my early records. I had a very straight image, particularly through the mid '80s.
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I lived in an area where there were a lot of rock musicians, and we got together regularly in our studios.
I had done a lot of rock 'n' roll photography when I was in college. I was one of many photographers who worked for The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, and all of these rock 'n' roll bands.
I started out as a guitarist in the early '80s.
I was into punk rock back when I was in high school. I used to go around to dive venues and take photographs. But now it's been just much more about the country stuff and soulful folk.
I'm a child of the 70's; influenced mostly by albums that had a wide variety of style.
I progressed through so many different styles of music through my teen years, both as a player and a vocalist, particularly the jazz and pop of the early 20th Century.
I was a sort of rock journalist - whatever that is - in London in the late '60s.
Growing up, as much as country was a big influence in my life, the Rolling Stones and the Beatles and Led Zeppelin were such a close second. My first concert ever was the Rolling Stones in Denver. I snuck a camera backstage and filmed Mick Jagger during sound-check.
My father was the role model I looked up to. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life after him. He wanted me to do better than he did. He never sold a record in his life, but to me, he was still a rock star.
We had a really vast music collection and I was raised around rock'n'roll, it's just the way it was.