You've got a song you're singing from your gut, you want that audience to feel it in their gut. And you've got to make them think that you're one of them sitting out there with them too. They've got to be able to relate to what you're doing.

You know, the man's best friend is his dog... if he's got nothing else.

It was kind of a prodding myself to play I Walk The Line straight.

It's like a novelist writing far out things. If it makes a point and makes sense, then people like to read that. But if it's off in left field and goes over the edge, you lose it. The same with musical talent, I think.

I would take songs that I'd loved as a child and redo them in my mind for the new voice I had, the low voice.

You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.

Life is the question and life is the answer, and God is the reason and love is the way.