I like order. It allows me to have chaos in my head.

As an artist, you have to maintain focus and eliminate the distraction of second-guessing yourself based on the opinions of others.

[My grandfather] was very, very fortunate that he was never trapped in a mining cave-in. But he lost his brother in a mining disaster on a shift that he wasn't working. And he was in a collapse where his brother-in-law was killed very near him in the same section.

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

When the whistle blows each morning and I walk down in that cold, dark mine, say a prayer to my dear savior. Please let me see the sunshine one more time. When oh when will it be over? When will I lay these burdens down? And when I die, dear lord in heaven, please take my soul from 'neath that cold, dark ground.

I think that we come to a greater understanding of the world we live in and ourselves through reading.

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