You'll walk with me out on the wire, cuz baby, I'm just a scared and lonely rider, but I gotta know how it feels... I want to know love is wild, babe, I want to know love is real.

I always write with an audience in mind. If I feel that [connection] coming back at me then I feel like I'm doing my job. That's why people come to my music - for some emotional experience or a perspective, either on their own lives, or on the world that they're living in.

They say "ya gotta stay hungry"... Hey Baby...I'm just about starvin' tonight!

My dad had a very difficult life, a hard struggle all the time at work. I've always felt like I'm seeking his revenge.

Don't run back inside, darlin', you know just what I'm here for. So you're scared and you're thinkin' we ain't that young any more...Show a little faith! There's magic in the night. You ain't a beauty, but hey, you're all right.

The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.

Don't take yourself too seriously. And take yourself as seriously as death itself.