I live out of cans a lot. But I try to indulge only in healthy canned food.

The future has a lot to do with the past.

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

[My grandfather -a miner] had black lung, and he didn't talk about it much. It's almost like a combat veteran. But he witnessed some horrific things.

To me, the hook of the riff is what makes a great guitar recording. It's the backbone of the whole song. When you have a strong riff, it's the rocket fuel for the track.

I can't escape being born in Pike County, Kentucky, grandson of a miner, Luther Tibbs, and his wife, Earlene, and traveling as a child up and down Route 23 between Kentucky and Columbus, Ohio, where I was raised, experiencing life via working-class people. Nor do I want to escape.

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