Every character I play is me, always has been.

I think Americana music is music that is generally more singer/songwriter oriented. It has more to do with the songwriting. The music, it's more like stories set to music.

If someone is talking to you and tells you that you ought to do something, and you can tell they mean it, those are the scary people. Those are the people you want to watch out for.

Sometimes I have songs born out of stories.

I generally have lyrics first, but you can't help that when you're writing lyrics you start to get a melody in your head. So they come kind of simultaneously.

Sometimes we don't want the bad guy to get caught because otherwise the story is over. You want to at least see it through to the end.

I figured I would have to tell someone to kiss my ass before it was all over, and I have -- twice.