When I write - I always write on my own - I demo those songs on a four-track.

People have a tendency to see country life through rose-colored glasses.

I would never feel confident enough to express my views and opinions as the right ones because I just don't think that's possible. There are so many sides to everything that nobody is right or wrong.

First off, I think nudity is taken differently in America, though they did make a fuss in England, too.

People want to build musicians into mythical beings.

My mom is a sculptress.

Some people, like Leonard Cohen, write one album every 10 years, and labor over a song for five years at a time.