I try to just make music that I love, and if I believe in it that's all that matters.

When I moved to New York, I fell head over heels back into country music and probably 'cause I missed something about Texas.

I'm a musician because I love it and it's supposed to be fun.

I don't think I'm a great songwriter, but I think I've learned a lot about it, and I don't think there's any one way to do it. I don't think I can control it at all. I can just kind of hope that it happens.

Sometimes when you're trying to do a record too close to home, you can get really distracted.

I love film, and I would love to be a part of something that people universally love as a piece of film. Sure. Of course I would. And I would love to take acting lessons, and see that side of it someday. But I'm a musician.

Making records is fun. It's not some big statement. You're allowed to make mistakes.