“The biggest lie in the world is in answer to the question, 'How are you?' People…” — Brittany Howard

We had a music teacher in sixth grade, and I saw her tune her guitar. I said, 'Whoa. There's a certain way to do this.' I bought a packet of strings - some of mine were broken - and had her tune it for me. For a while, I just kept it like that. But I got the Internet finally, when I was 14, and started learning.

I have a lot of respect for all the artists I get compared to, even if, as an artist, you prefer to have your own identity.