I enjoyed hearing people do their own songs. I became attracted to singer-songwriters. I became interested in them as people; was curious about what they wanted to say.

I played guitar when I was young and never really considered it as a way to make a living

Who keeps on loving you when you've been lying, saying things that ain't what they seem? God does, but I don't. God will, but I won't.

It's important to be successful enough to be able to keep doing what you love.

When I first was trying to play the clubs around Houston to start playing my own songs, songwriters like Eric Taylor and Vince Bell and Townes Van Zandt and Don Sanders were just really encouraging to me and would let me sit in with them during their sets and introduce me to the person that owned and booked the club.

If you forget the words to your own song, you can always claim artistic license. Forget the words to the national anthem and you're screwed.

Fortunately, I've never had a job