"Folk-rock hasn't changed much over the decades since the Byrds started it."

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"Folk-rock hasn't changed much over the decades since the Byrds started it."

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"I relate to the audiences and they know me. It's pretty real."

Audience

"It's often said that life is strange. But compared to what?"

Life

"I've had an advantage; I've had a sort of open public acceptance in New York that doesn't happen to just anyone trying to make the transition you were talking about."

Acceptance

"But I'm able to just keep going, and that's the challenge. It's the next song. And then just enjoying the shows and people who come out to the shows. It's pretty organic, really."

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"I'm not trying to be the new anybody."

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"You don't see a lot of difference between the Gin Blossoms and the Byrds."

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"And the music, as far as a type of music, it's still pretty viable."

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"So I played the acoustic guitar and harmonica and stomped my foot and I think I was right in assuming that Greenwich Village would be the best place to perform my own material and possibly get some attention, move on to making records and all."

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