Every song has a piece of you in it, because just general regret, love. You have to basically zero in on the truth of those particular emotions.

I held four clean aces. I had youth, almost a decade of hard-core bar band experience, a good group of homegrown musicians who were attuned to my performance style and a story to tell.

The marriage-equality issue should be recognized for what it truly is - a civil rights issue that must be approved to assure that every citizen is treated equally under the law.

In the past, some of the songs that were the most fun, and the most entertaining and rocking, fell by the wayside because I was concerned with what I was going to say and how I was going to say it.

A dream of life comes to me, like a catfish dancing on the end of the line.

This music is forever for me. It's the stage thing, that rush moment that you live for. It never lasts, but that's what you live for.

Mama always told me not to look into the sights of the sun. Oh, but mama, that's where the fun is.