I try and eat good. On the road, that's next to impossible. And we eat a lot of unhealthy things when we're in Texas - that's what you do there.

I know I'm never going to be a big pop star, because I'm not willing to conform.

All my records have been written to be records, rather than writing a group of songs and seeing if they fit together.

My parents split up when I was about 2. I realize more and more how much I'm like my father. My gentleness comes from my mother.

I heard Nirvana, and discovered that songs could be like poetry, but a little bit more refined: you didn't have to have 20 verses to get your point across.

There's no such thing as a teenager that listens to a single word their father says.

You have to live what you write, or you have to know it. There are exceptions, like story songs, where you just have to have your facts straight. But I think you don't have to live a hard life to be a good or interesting songwriter.