Pearl Jam is a band I have a lot of respect for. Nirvana and Sonic Youth I feel the same way about. Mumford & Sons, My Morning Jacket, Wilco, Givers, and Foo Fighters are just some of my favorites. I respect bands that give me something of themselves that I can feel. ("Posing" bands turn me off generally speaking.) It all has to do with a feeling I have about them. That is what music is to me, a feeling. It's similar with people too.

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

I see a woman in the night with a baby in her hand, under an old street light near a garbage can.

Lust comes creeping through the night to feed on hearts of suburban wives who learned to pretend when they met their dreams end.

I don't know if I'll find the cinnamon girl. I think I already did, but I'm still singing, who knows.

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.

My dad passed away...and suddenly I found myself at the top of the tree and looking at the sky instead of at my mom and dad.