Just like dust, we settle in this town.

The idea of massive amounts of fame-having my face on Walgreens end-caps and pizza boxes-I don't fantasize about that. I'm happy with just being a songwriter. I'd rather have smaller numbers [of fans] that are really into what I'm doing than a massive amount of people that don't really know what I'm about.

Really connecting with someone and maybe opening their mind a little bit, is such a cool thing to be able to do through music.

Anyone singing about trucks, in any form, in any song, anywhere, literally just stop - nobody cares!

I burned my own damn finger pokin' someone else's fire

If I'm not writing about myself, then I sit down with people I really dig writing with and throw 'em out and see if something sticks. Their brain plus mine hopefully will make something interesting and cool and it will just snowball and we'll have a unique song by the end of it.

I think a great song appeals to older and younger people and it makes you think. It's also honest, and it also doesn't hurt if it's fun to sing along to.