Respect Mother Earth and her giving ways or trade away our children's days.

I never knew a man could tell so many lies, he had a different story for every set of eyes. How can he remember who he's talking to?

It's the way I like to work for these kinds of songs [like "Peace Trail"]. It was the right time of the month; everything was looking good.

It's better to burn out, than to fade away.

To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.

It's a robust time, probably the most fertile time for the underground and for revolution since Nixon. I'm not talking about political overthrow; I'm talking about just general cultural revolution. Bush has polarised the country and is creating this breeding ground for an opposition. In the next couple of months, they'll probably make it unpatriotic to be Democrat. It's pretty crazy.

I think I'm going to be making country records for as long as I can see into the future. It's much more down-home and real.