I came out to California from Texas, to the Haight, and the Fillmore and all that stuff, and totally got the bug.

We certainly strive for trying to make a quality record throughout, and I think that's true of all of our records.

People say, 'How's the record doing?' In the old days you'd say, 'We're at 600,000, it's doing great.' You don't say those things anymore. Those numbers are gone.

I was born the son of a lawless man, always spoke my mind with a gun in my hand.

Well, it's not far down to paradise, at least it's not for me And if the wind is right you can sail away and find tranquility.

In the tradition of the classic songwriter rooms like The Bluebird in Nashville, Strange Brew is a gift to the music community in Austin, for artists and audiences alike

The writers that I aspire to, like Joni Mitchell and Randy Newman, they'll tell you that the work gets harder, not easier. And they set that bar for us where we're always striving to do something better than the last time, whether it's the next song or just the next line.