I imagine there's a market for total depression. I grew up on George Jones and that really dark stuff.

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.

I'm sure there are a few things in my CD collection that might surprise people. I like classical music, the blues, and I'm a big fan of alternative rock.

I can't see this world unless I go/ outside my southern comfort zone.

Jackass millionaires, hey, hey, Hollywood, here we come.

You can't kill it with goodbye; It always finds a place to hide inside your heart for your whole life. Love is never-ending.

I have a to-do list and I have a farm I care for, and things I like to do for fun - going to movies and all that stuff. It's a painfully normal life!