Sinclair Lewis was asked one time to give a talk to class of students about writing. When he got there he asked the class, Do you people want to be writers?and they all said yes. Then Lewis said, Why the hell aren't you at home writing?

Old dogs care about you, even when you make mistakes.

I love coffee in a cup, little fuzzy pups, bourbon in a glass, and grass.

A song is a poem set to music.

Young kids are doing the same thing I did, but they're doing it differently. They don't do brain surgery the way they used to do it either.

Songwriting is as much a craft as a talent.

Me and Jesus got our own thing going on. We don't need anybody to tell us what it's all about.