I don't know anybody who doesn't hate being called alt.country. It just sounds like a website. I don't mind being called Americana, I don't mind being called country noir, or independent country is fine, but the words alt.country make me insane.

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 always end up working with people that do a really good job, so I'm the only one that I'm worried about disappointing me, not the musicians ever.

Everyone has to kind of fend for themselves.

The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight. The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You.

I know that I can sing really loud. It's like having that really big Evinrude engine on the back of your fishing boat. But I've been trying to be more dynamic with my voice and not just singing on ten all of time out of terror.

I don't think it's important for everyone necessarily, and I totally respect that because everyone writes differently.