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 do think that when you make repeated mistakes, it's usually because you're just not coming to grips with something.

I think people use temp music quite a bit, but the people who write the temp music don't ever really learn that their music was inspiring a movie.

I've gotten to the point where I realize that I need to tell my truth in music and not walk around blabbing my mind.

The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We're growing old. It's getting late.

Being capable of anything is a bullshit concept, unless it means you also admit that you're capable of cheating, lying and killing.

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