There's a lot of really inspiring music coming around the bend - we tend to believe that to sound classic or timeless is to sound vintage or retro. It's a little bit dangerous, because you'll really miss a chance to make your mark as a generation.

You know, your first album is about really amazing things. Your first album is always about coming of age, first love, first loss, usually you suffer a first loss of someone that you love to death, even, you know, really big life lessons, things you learn from your parents' divorce or from the travels that you took.

People sing each other's songs and they cultivate standards. That's the reason why we have folk music and folk stories. History is told through song.

I feel like the kindest thing that I do to my voice is sing.

People that could yodel always fascinated me. People that could sing loud always fascinated me. So I started trying to mimic at a really young age: 6, 7 years old.

Coffee, whiskey, and fishing poles. That’s really all you need in life.

Bear the burdens of others, but don't put them in your pocket too.