If something bothers me, it bothers me for a long time until I find a way to work it out. Music provided me with a means of working things out.

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

We got CEOs making 200 times the worker's pay, but they'll fight like hell against raising the minimum wage.

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

I don't describe myself as a Christian or religious, but I like to think that how I live my life is honest.

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.

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