For a long time I was interested in being a social worker. In a lot of ways I feel that that's all my music is, trying to help people.

I've always written about things that cause me to feel something.

My guitar is really tempermental. I don't give up on it though, I'm close to my guitar!

Turn off the TV and start digging around for information that's not from a corporation trying to make money.

I've always been aware of having feelings that were pretty intense at times. I imagine most people have had that, or they wouldn't be human.

Writing, overall, has never been what I'd call fun. It's fulfilling. It doesn't come real easy for me.

I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash.