'Neil Young Heart of Gold', that was a valentine to Nashville and country music in the Grand Ole Opry tradition and Hank Williams.

I remember the Neil Young brand hitting me very hard immediately. He wasn't an acquired taste. I loved him immediately.

As much as I love acoustic Neil Young - and I do deeply - I may be more passionate about the electric. Luckily it's not a contest, and we never have to make that choice. But Neil Young on an electric guitar - I feel like I've never seen or heard anything like it.

I don't think it's so hard to be commercial and interesting. Look at Prince, or Neil Young.

Neil Young is the prime example, the grand goal, if you will. He's still shredding, and he never lost his credibility.

'Nashville' songs and country music have always been about storytelling and about the heart and confessionals. They're monologues.