I'm always showing pictures off. I have to be careful who I show them to because of who I am, obviously, but I'm a proud father.

'Long Black Train' was inspired by a vision that I had of a long, black train running down this track way out in the middle of nowhere. I could see people standing out to the sides of this track watching this train go by. As I was walking, experiencing this vision, I kept asking myself, 'What does this vision mean and what is this train?'

I'm definitely not going to go and sing a song that condones certain things.

Who's not a fan of Don Williams? He's the gentle giant.

I grew up going to a real small missionary baptist church. We would sing a lot of the old standards... the hymns and everything. Those songs are still my favorite and are pretty timeless.

What I did to celebrate was I went home to my 535-square-foot apartment by myself and ate supper by myself. That was how I celebrated getting a record deal.

I've never had the patience of a teacher.