People get strange about whether you've written your own songs, which seems really stupid considering that, especially in Country Music, it's about oral tradition and passing things on and the songs weren't meant to be played by one person and then forgotten.

I have this typical Ukrainian face. Even people who know my music don't recognize me most of the time, thank God.

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.

Every band wants to go believe me, not everybody makes it, but they want to.

You can't just play the same thing, over and over again.

All I want to do is sing on other people's records.

When you get an idea, it's not going to be a great idea until you push it. You’ve got to push it until it’s uncomfortable. And then you’ve got to ask yourself, ‘Does my project say to my audience what I want it to say?’ ”