If it turns out to be a hit, well, good luck dealing with fame. And if it's not a hit and you can still survive and make music you believe in, well, then you're truly blessed. I think that's where we are now.

When I'm all alone, nobody else can say goodbye.

It's hard to believe that you're really here, so I just pretend that you're not here.

Philosophy is talk on a cereal box.

Religion is a light in the fog.

You can look back at anything and wish you'd done something differently.

A lot of the songs start with an image. I was sitting there playing the guitar and I pictured this old, dirty green car, with the window rolled down, in the hot, hot, hot Texas heat, and this beautiful woman I knew when I was a kid sitting behind the wheel, looking out at me.