Lefsetz on DRA

You see Ryan Adams might appear to take himself extremely seriously. But underneath he’s just like you and me. He laid on his bed watching MTV too, these are his influences, he knows all kinds of music, he LOVES “Round and Round”. And just the fact that he performs it here endears him to me, he’s not about protecting institutions like Mr. Werde, he’s all about taking chances.

This is, in fact, the fundamental misunderstanding of Ryan, who takes his work — but not himself, at all — extremely seriously.