I played the cello from when I was ten, and then I bought a guitar from the father of some friends of mine and played that for a while. And then when I was fourteen or so, I bought a guitar - a real nice one - in Durham, North Carolina, that I worked with up until I was about twenty-five.

I find it a lot healthier for me to be someplace where I can go outside in my bare feet.

I'm trying to look at my blessings and how amazingly well against all odds things have turned out for me.

I think good music makes you feel free, and if people feel free when they come to a show or listen to my music, that would mean the world to me.

Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing.

I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with others.

Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. That's what it couldn't stand.