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

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

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

I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.

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.

Some guy refuses to fight and we call that the sin, but he's standing up for what he believes in and that seems pretty damned American to me.

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