The actual work of recording a record or making a film just requires that you consciously block the time out to do that and nothing else. That's what I do.

As a writer, I always tend to take the liberty and the great artistic luxury of a composite form of writing.

In retrospect I wrote things about my life and my family's existence, I realized that it was a frighteningly harsh way to make a living. And I used to say that they were slowly dying trying to make a living.

No compression or as little as possible - that's how you get a good recording.

I embrace country music because of love, a love of what I came from.

I needed to get into a nightclub and stand up and present the material that way. I needed to present it live.

My music is very personal. I've created it in solitude. I face a white wall and beller. I like that sound - the expression of loneliness. That's what it's all about.