I tried to pay some small tribute to A Man and a Woman (1966) with the recurring musical theme.

I'm a thousand miles from nowhere, time don't matter to me. I'm a thousand miles from nowhere and there's not place that I want to be.

My guitars, Cadillacs, and hillbilly music Is the only thing that keeps me hanging on.

[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.

I was raised in the Church of Christ, which was a very abstinent faith. And I just didn't [drink] - there was never anything that I found seductive enough, I guess, to have a romance with it.

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

I was very fortunate in having David Fincher, the director come to me. Now I've seen the finished product, I feel that every bit of the nine months we spent on the film was worth it.