And I'm up while the dawn is breaking, even though my heart is aching. I should be drinking a toast to absent friends instead of these comedians.

I've worked hard, every single day since I left school. I think I have a Protestant work ethic.

I love you more than anything in this world. I don't expect that will last.

And I don't feel any form of music is beyond me in the sense of that I don't understand it or I don't have some love for some part of it.

Don't try to touch my heart, it's darker than you think. And don't try to read my mind, because it's full of disappearing ink.

And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists, or in some cases searching up country music.

The Internet is overrated. It's much smaller an innovation than people think it is. I don't think it's changed the way anybody makes music.