When someone tells me what he or she was doing the first time they heard a song of mine, then I've done a good job. If my song becomes about your life, then I'm successful.

I don't ever try to anticipate my audience. I just write the songs I want to write, and hope people like 'em.

My favorite Aggie joke? I'm sorry I don't understand the question

Somehow you can tell the difference when a song is written just to get on the radio and when what someone does is their whole life. That comes through in Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson. There is no separating their life from their music.

Man, I need to impress her, cause I'd like to undress her.

Denice Franke is a sensitive and compelling singer and songwriter.

Beyond hoping that someone will like one of my songs, I don't think about how a song will be received. I just hope that, when somebody hears one of my songs, they'll want to hear it again.