Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had.

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

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

Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had.

I honestly don't listen to a lot of music - I spend so much time working at my own music.

I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things.