Rock Band never got anybody a date. Never.

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.

If there's a song where there's a possibility of guitar stuff that would be fun to listen to, go for it. Don't worry about what anybody thinks.

I changed my mindset and figured, Why not try to be really entertaining instrumentally?

I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go.

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

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.