You want to embrace what the idea of pop music is. Not necessarily the stereotype of pop music; there was a time when you'd say 'pop music' and conjure up images of the Sweet, or Marc Bolan. That, to me, can be avant-garde still.
If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy.
I think it's a misconception that metal's about anger, obviously.
It's a misconception that all singers need to portray a messed up, dirty look to prove their identity.
Music can kind of make you one-dimensional. People see what's on the surface and what you rap about, and they make their decision on who you are from there.
People perceive punk rock in the sense of Sid Vicious, all strung-out, crazy and insane.
Stereotyping and generating brands around musicians I think contributes to their eventual demise.
We were derided as a boy band, with pop music and not really country.
You have Extreme and Van Halen and the history that I have with other people I played with. There are some effects that will hopefully break that stereotype.
