That disturbs people when they know they didn't have the guts or integrity to stick to their dreams.

A remembrance can mean nothing to the one remembered; it can only remind the ones left behind how little they did while you were still alive.

I don't like going back and listening to myself. It makes me uncomfortable, and I know I can never emulate what I did that night, so why listen to it?

You reach a certain point in your 30s when you say things in a much safer way.

At no time do I come from a cynical point of view. I'm coming from a concerned point of view.

I really, really love Hilary Clinton. I think she's very cool. She's out there and she's involved.

... coming to a place like Nashville, which is just music music music, it's always been such an influence on me. And there are so many interesting songwriters out there, and it's such a crazy business and so many people are trying to do it, and it's all right there in Nashville.