I can't get excited by my own music. It's impossible.
I am very self-critical, but that's a good thing because it keeps me growing as a human being and as a musician.
There's a real sense of desperation when you grow up in poverty.
When I think of folk music, I think of topical songs. And I don't write topical songs.
You have to believe in yourself before anybody else believes in you.
I refused then like I do now to let anybody tie me down