The reason you write [songs] is because there's something you want to say that is important to you - enough to go through all the torture of writing.

A good song deals with the human condition, and the truth of the human condition.

When there are dogs and music, people have a good time.

I'm blessed to be able to work at something that I'm good at, and that I love. It's not something I take for granted.

I love Chicago, but I didn't think I had enough soul to be a Cubs fan.

To me acting and singing are worlds apart.

I have my own biography of Gram Parsons - I don't want to be part of somebody else's.