Some bands today have the experience of really working together and honing their craft. And other bands are very much like, 'I just got a guitar for Christmas, let's start a band.' And you can hear the difference.

It's extraordinary that revolutions taking place around the world were sparked by communication on the Internet.

I never really had a teenage experience. I went from childhood to maturity, and in some ways, it short-circuited me emotionally.

In Americana, the facts and the dreams seem to be all the same to me.

It's a bit of a sore spot, the Thanksgiving in Indian country.

I am fascinated by the places that music comes from, like fife-and-drum blues from southern Mississippi or Cajun music out of Lafayette, Louisiana, shape-note singing, old harp singing from the mountains - I love that stuff. It's like the beginning of rock and roll: something comes down from the hills, and something comes up from the delta.

There is an extraordinary collaborative spirit when you are learning and growing.

Most of my younger Native American friends are not in any way looking for sympathy, and they're not looking to lay guilt on anybody. They have their dignity, and they do what they do.