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

Another lesson about a naive fool who came to Babylon, and found out that the pie don't taste so sweet.

I hope that books don't go the way of albums and CD, large format albums, and physical product.

I'll never quit playing country music, or at least acknowledging it, always, as the cornerstone of what I am.

Country music originates with the colloquial, rural aspects of white America. It's really, truly, rural white America's blues.

It's meant to reaffirm the validity of that music - clean, minimalist, honest, classic music.

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.