I drink a lot, probably too much. My scene while writing lyrics is always a bottle of scotch and stacks of note cards, pencil and pencil sharpener. I throw around note cards and drink.

Im really good at writing almost hits.

My job is to be some sort of music/lyric psychic, to figure out that that's the right song to not fight the lyric.

If you're afraid they might discover your redneck past, there are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past.

I start songs all the time. If I weren't so lazy, I would finish them. It's like when I have a deadline I have to. I always feel very lucky that I am forced to make records at certain times. If I was forced to make 2 records a year, I would write twice as many songs. I can't make myself finish something unless I am forced

White people don't sing together very often, and when they do, it's about the celebrity of the song. The singing at my shows is all about harmony.

You never know when you put out an album that's unique whether it'll get beat up for it or not.