54 Quotes by Dan Auerbach

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.

Bands from Akron have a sense of humor and don't tend to take themselves too seriously.

Coming from a smaller place always made things feel more personal, which is really what it's all about.

I tend to name albums after one of the songs.

I'm really not worried about what fans think.

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.

The Black Keys is just a band that wants to get on stage and rock it.

That culture, of looking at catchy music as a negative thing, is weird. It has nothing to do with me, or the music I was into growing up. The Stones and the Beatles only tried to write hits. Every Motown song, every Credence Clearwater song - they were trying to write hits.

I started playing bluegrass with my family, so there were the G, C and D chords. I was playing a Martin acoustic because that's what Carter Stanley of the Stanley Brothers played. Then I got into the really raw blues of Hound Dog Taylor and started on electric guitar.