I like getting requests from audience members.

I’m not trying to be the new anybody.

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

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

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

I just play, and I’m always trying to write songs.

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.

I wouldn’t be interested in just doing a show that’s mapped out and choreographed with a set list. That would’ve been boring so long ago it just wouldn’t be any fun.

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

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.