I don't care too much for thinking about the past. The truth is just another story. You can remember it any way you want; it's never gonna be the same twice.

For a while, it was something to try to push at people, playing old murder ballads and being upset about everything I was seeing around me. But now I feel a lot more at peace with it.

Because I have something to say doesn't mean everyone has to take it too seriously or get too upset that it rubs them the wrong way.

I really enjoy playing music. I feel like it's something to try to give to people.

I'm just a guy that sings songs because that's what he likes to do, I guess.

I just started playing music on the street and walking around with a fiddle, and I think that's kind of when I started being serious - or as serious as it's going to get.

I was kind of pathetic. That's what got me playing out in the street. I ran out of money and needed more gin for the night.