Did the VU always mean a lot to you?
When I first heard them I was living in Tennessee. It made me miss New York. Literally within a year of me discovering The Velvet Underground in my early twenties, it spurred me into going back home. They gave me confidence as a musician, knowing it’s not having to have all this prior knowledge, it’s more about how you explore your instrument, and how you play off each other, and the passion behind it.