With a song, it only takes a couple of minutes to go back to the beginning and try it again to see if it works. The novel freaks me out because, what if you get into the eighth chapter and think, 'Let's go to the top and see if this works again? It's going to take me three weeks.' I'm in awe of that.

I feel like a quote out of context, withholding the rest so I can be for you what you want to see.

People learn at the rate they are going to learn.

I look to an out gay man or woman as pretty much what I would aspire to. The strength that it takes to do that and the floodgates that open and what they pay for it.

It's a tough thing to know that when you're making your album, you're going to end up collaborating with, say, Wal-Mart, on your artwork. That just sucks. And the pressure behind getting the numbers real fast is, to me, dizzying.

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

My parents told me I must get married. I was seen as a failure if I didn't do it.