Sold my guitar to the baker's son for a few crumbs and a place to hide.

If I lived my life by what others were thinkin', the heart inside me would've died.

Technology is mechanical and contrary to the emotions that inform a person's life. The country music field has especially been hit hard by this. All my songs have been written by people who went out of fashion years ago. Just like da Vinci and Renoir and van Gogh. Nobody paints like that anymore. But it can't be wrong to try.

Jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule.

Everybody's the first somebody, y'know.

You have to look at every one of your songs and be able to identify with them in a meaningful way. You can hardly sing your songs unless you're in them. If you want to fake it, go ahead. Fake it if you want. But I'm not that kind of singer.

The tree of life is growing where the spirit never dies, and the bright light of salvation shines in dark and empty skies.