I think the best thing an artist can do is not hang out with other artists. I really dislike hanging out with musicians, for the most part, except for a few select friends, because I don't like to talk about music all the time.

There's a certain urgency that comes from the records of the early 60s before overdubbing and multitracking came into play.

Finding clothes in the South was impossible.

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

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

I've got a 27-inch waist. Before, I was stupid smaller. Finding clothes in the South was impossible.

What I'm doing is basically the same as Bob Dylan did with folk songs and Woody Guthrie songs, the same as folk music's always done. I'm not going to sing about ploughing, but I'll write a song that sounds like it should be about ploughing.