Now me and my brother go to see him some times but he don't have much to say anymore. So we sit on his headstone with a fifth of Jack D. Here's to a long line of sinners like me.

The most important thing for me as an artist is having an identity.

Life doesn't get more real than having a newborn at home.

I think a lot of times, artists and albums can become formulaic. You're known for a certain thing, and you continue to do that. You just change the subject matter, but it's the same song. And that's what you do.

I'm not a trust-fund type.

As far as writing, it's grown because I've really grown comfortable with who I am.

I wouldn't be the man I am today, If not for those I've loved along the way