I really believe that we have a responsibility, almost a sacred responsibility, to the animals that share this planet with us.

I'm very influenced by landscapes, not so much the way places look as the way the names sound. In this country we've got so many cultures, and the place names - the Spanish names and the Indian names, which are so incredibly musical.

When you're just singing a beautiful melody with a story that's true to the heart, you don't need a lot of embellishment.

It takes a certain amount of courage to let the field lie fallow until you have something to say.

Yes, I always say that were a National League band. What I mean is, if you play an instrument, you have to sing. So I always call our drummer up. Even the drummer has to take a turn on the microphone.

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 do feel a little embarrassed and ashamed that I was sort of saying, "Oh, yes, I used to do country music, but I didn't inhale." Which is not true at all. I inhaled the hell out of country music.