It's just a sound, and a feeling that's in the music. And you either hear it and appreciate it, or you don't.

The world has lost a legend, and I have lost a friend. Johnny Cash was the rare soul who could be both.

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.

Patriotism can be good or bad. Knee-jerk patriotism can be very bad. I'm patriotic almost to the point of self-consciousness, but I love my country the way I love a friend or a child who I would correct if she was going the wrong way. Who I expect the very best from.

You meet a lot of people and have a lot of experiences, and they color you and stay with you - but I'm not the grieving widow. Life is much more complicated and interesting and full of zigs and zags than that.

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

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.