Rich kids who write songs about food stamps always piss me off. I'm not going to write any songs about that, either.

There's this art form in songwriting that's incredibly difficult - to be really funny in a song and also really touching. I can't do that.

I have a real dog-like mentality, in that it's like, 'Where is my next meal coming from? Am I ever gonna eat again? Will I ever write another song again? Will anyone show up for tour?' I think it comes from being really poor as a kid.

I should have been an abortion. The only reason I wasn't was that my father was a Christian.

I get outside a lot. I am a huge champion of physical activity. It's so important.

Country music is completely punk-rock. It's the original punk-rock.

I once asked a studio guy in Toronto, "How many people don't use auto tune?" and he said, "You and Nelly Furtado are the only two people who've never used it in here." Even though I'm not into Nelly Furtado, it kind of made me respect her. It's cool that she has some integrity.