Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark.

I can fall in and out of love, have marriages that barely last a month. When they go down the drain, I'll blame it on the fame.

Yea there ain't nothing not affected when two hearts get connected. All that is will be or ever was; every single choice we make; every breath we get to take is all because two people fell in love.

I try to write like the writers I admire - I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase... So Im always looking for that angle in my own work.

When Ray Flacke came out, it was like 'What in the heck is this?' ... there's a guy who had that Tele players attitude, and he plugged straight into that amp with a delay, and it was unbelievable the way he would bend those big strings ... he was really unique.

I go to eat dinner with my folks when I'm home. I think that's the trick.

I love any and all situations where you celebrate creativity.