Life is so impermanent that it's not about somebody else or things around me, it's about knowing you are completely alone in this world and being content inside.

I never get tired of exploring Americana or country music, and I always have a little bit of a crooner in me that never seems to go away.

As a songwriter you have an umbilical cord to the song and it's hard to expand on your understanding of the lyrics. Whereas when you cover a song you can create your own reason why you're attached to it.

I certainly fall in love with artists. I think that's probably the aspiration of an artist, to make a listener empathize so deeply that they do fall in love with you.

I often say fame is kind of like a drug or like sugar: when it's controlling you it doesn't feel good at all.

I never, my producer never, we never let myself just sing. We were always trying to get the perfect vocal.

I feel like at 50 I've decided to become a rock star, which is, you know, typical of me. I always seem to work backwards.