I'm just too busy living every day to really spend a lot of time thinking 'am I old?' I'm this age. I am in this moment and in this life.

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.

Simplicity can intensify the emotion.

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

Like falling stars from the universe we are hurled Down through the long loneliness of the world Until we behold the pain, become the pearl

It's basically a city of songwriters and that's what gives it it's strength, that's what gives it its lasting ability. You've got people making all different kinds of music and that's what attracts me to Nashville as Music City.

Pretty much all I say politically is I encourage people to register to vote.