When I learned to play music, I was listening to blues music. And all the blues music I liked was super simple and stripped down. And then all the hip hop I liked was super simple and stripped down and we always heard that connection. Dan Auerbach Read Quote
Everybody always wants to rebel against their parents’ music, but nobody listened to music louder than my dad. Dan Auerbach Read Quote
My mum’s family would all get together, with guitars, harmonica, mandolins and upright bass and play old blues and folk songs. That was normal to me. Dan Auerbach Read Quote
Bands from Akron have a sense of humor and don’t tend to take themselves too seriously. Dan Auerbach Read Quote
I’m certainly not your typical front-man material. Some people love being on stage and really open up, and I’m sort of the opposite of that. I don’t crave the spotlight. I’m still not comfortable even talking on stage. Dan Auerbach Read Quote
A Grammy is really nice, but having lots of fans is really nice, too. I think just getting a record out is a success on its own. Dan Auerbach Read Quote
I never listen to Led Zeppelin. But, I mean, I don’t think Robert Plant or Jimmy Page listen to Led Zeppelin, either. We all probably obsessed over the same old blues records growing up. Dan Auerbach Read Quote
I’m definitely a guitar player, but it’s the last thing I listen to in a song, after the singer and the drums. Dan Auerbach Read Quote
You know, there’s always someone in mind when I’m writing. You know, it’s all comes from somewhere inside. Dan Auerbach Read Quote
