With The Stray Cats At Least, We

Normally, You Go Into The Recording Studio, Make A Record And Then Take It On The Road And You Think... Wow... I Could Have Done This To It, Or Something.

I Don't Think There Is A Musician Today That Hasn't Been Affected By Elvis' Music. His Definitive Years - 1954-57 - Can Only Be Described As Rock's Cornerstone. He Was The Original Cool.

You Had To Pick Something Like Blue Suede Shoes Because It's The Flagship Of The Sun Label, But Then I Wanted To Dig Down And Find Something Like Rakin' And Scrapin'.

I Can't Tell You How Many People Have Asked Me To Show Them Stray Cat Strut And That Little Diminished Run On The C. I Guess My Brain Is Wired Backwards. I Don't Know What Possessed Me To Do That, But I Did.

I Didn't Want To Take The Guitar Solos Down Note-for-note, But More Or Less Use Them As A Map, And Keep All The Hooks From The Guitar Playing, And Let Myself Come Through.