And growing up listening to hip hop and rap, was there ever a moment where we were like, oh, I should do that too?

I don't think so because, you know, I really, I grew up on Rush and The Who and Max Webster. And, you know, I wanted to be a guy with a guitar rocking out on stage. But I, you know, as he said, I also grew up on country music. I love a story song and then got totally blown away by electronic and hip hop music in my late teens. And I think what has always been a strength or an asset for me is just seeing it all as music. You know, I was never a punk guy where every other music was crap or a rock guy where every other music was crap. You know, I was always into everything and trying to figure out how to incorporate it into my own writing. You know, when I was trying to learn the guitar solo from limelight of Russia's moving pictures, I was also standing in front of the mirror and miming Howard Jones lyrics. You know, like I just had such an eclectic appreciation of music. I just, it's all I wanted to do from the first time I picked up a guitar and I liked it all.

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