TK: I have a few favorite pairs of jeans. In general, they’re thrift store, old, and pretty worn. Not holy or tattered—I'm not into that—just natural old-school denim with a little bit of a bootcut or an actual 70s flare.

JA: If there were a soundtrack for your life movie, what would be on it?

TK: If there were a soundtrack to my life, it would have lots of my music on it, because my music has always been centered around my mood. It’s also been very eclectic, too. It would have some Sly and the Family Stone early 70s party music, Nick Drake, Leon Russell, Aretha’s 60s soul, some Bach Solo Cello Suites, J.J. Cale, Gerry Mulligan west coast jazz, Lucinda Williams, and it must have Robert Palmer’s “Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley.”

JA: Would you ever wear a brown belt with black shoes? Or mix silver jewelry/accessories with gold?

TK: I usually really try to match the belt/boots—I like the harmony and simplicity of it. Although they say Frank Sinatra used to wear brown dress shoes with a tux … but I can never tell because the pictures are always black and white. Jewelry-wise, I wear more or less the same jewelry every day without ever taking it off. I have both gold and silver, but I do think the silver and gold shouldn’t mix, so I keep them separate—gold on my left hand, silver on the right hand and left wrist. So I guess I am a fashion-conscious purist in a way, but if I feel like it, I will wear white before or after Labor Day.

JA: To what fashion lengths, if any, did you go to to rebel against your parents? (Please let me see those pictures!)

TK: My getting into fashion/style as a way of being myself or being unique came a bit later in life. I was never the one who came home dressed like a Goth or a Punk in high school so I could freak out my parents. It was the late 80s though—so the mullet, the jean jacket, and the Pink Floyd and Rush concert T-shirts were definitely a part of the conversation. My older sister took my parents on in a more rebellious way than I did, so I kind of snuck through adolescence without too much conflict.

JA: If you could only see or touch your significant other/pet/instrument/whatever means the most to you, what would you choose?

TK: If there was one thing or person—my wife Jenna. Instruments are amazing and they help you express yourself, but they are still only tools. I actually think that even if I could never play music again, it would be a really hard transition/thing to give up—but I’d find some other way to be artistic.