I love the beginnings of artists when all they've got is raw talent and nothing else.

I'm grateful when anybody can start to have his or her limited perception of the genre open up a little bit. There's a lot of great music in the country genre that doesn't get heard because people say, 'Well, I don't like country.'

Take your records, take you freedom, take your memories, I dont need 'em. And take your cat, and leave my sweater, cause we've got nothing left to weather.

I think the industry is oblivious to the fact that most people listen to all kinds of stuff. I personally don't know of anyone who listens to only one genre of music. It's vanity because no one does.

I don't swear much; I've taken those words out of my vocabulary, and having kids, you have to have two sets of language!

I don't want to impress, I want to inspire.

Getting on the bus and touring was my life. And when that was not around, I felt myself a bit lost at times, because that was all I had.