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.

Deep down, I'm just a West Virginia hillbilly.

I get to cry to Barbara Walters, when things don't go my way. I'll get community service no matter which laws I break.

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

The nice thing about the world that I've been able to inhabit for the last couple of years is that I'm given a lot of freedom. Not all artists really get that.

I like to look at the songs like they're little movies.

Unless you're a true prodigy, you're going to have to practice for a while being bad before you get any good. And it will seem like a waste of time. I remember that feeling well. But don't worry about wasting time, because it'll be so worth it. It's my experience that in the end, life lessons and guitar lessons begin to blur in all sorts of interesting ways.