It's quite a traumatic thing for a lot of our veterans that come back... You're in a war zone, you're dodging IED's and bullets one day and a couple days later you're back in society again with a bunch of people that have no idea of what you've been through.

So say it loud and let it ring We are all a part of everything The future, present and the past Fly on proud bird You're free at last

I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ... if I can't take him with me, I don't want to go.

I do more writing by myself than with anybody else. My best thing is sitting...around somewhere with a guitar, and having an idea. You never know where it'd come from. Songwriting is a God-given talent.

I have people talking about, "Boy, I hate to go to work." I love to go to work!

I just feel such freedom to do whatever. If a song's seven minutes or ten minutes long, then so be it - it's that long.

If I come across an issue, or something I feel strongly about, and I happen to think of a song that would go in that direction, then I do it. But that's not what I start out, necessarily, to do. Sometimes I may have an idea for a song - "Well, I'm going to write about a thing.