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

It's nice coming to Nashville, and we have four-bedroom house and a dog, and we go swimming a lot. We get down here and spread out a lot, and I miss my sweet tea and my cornbread and my good southern cooking - but I'm down here eating pretty for two weeks and I'm ready to go back to New York City.

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.

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 discovered the same thing Gram Parsons did, that soul music and country music are practically identical. Based off of the same chord structures, and the songs are of heartache and loss. The main connection is they both came up in church.

I think that it's the job of the artist to be in transition and constantly learn more.

As a southern man, there's two things I'm definitely not scared of: bow ties and white pants.