I really was insane about steel guitar when I first started playing. I didn’t have a wife or kids or a real job or any responsibilities, so I sat in a room with a record player and learned everything I could. I’d wake up in the middle of the night with something running through my head and get up and sit down at my guitar and play it. It was like heroin or something. I didn’t watch much TV or develop any serious relationships with girls – no time for that shit. It only took a few months of this and I was playing full time and making a living.
I continued in this same vein for about 10 years and then calmed down a little and looked around at the world to see what else was out there.