Well, I had a record deal since I was 18, and it got me where I am.

I'm comfortable in my miseries. I have no choice.

I wasn't encouraged to write just stand there and sing and I never thought I was a writer. I always figured if I couldn't write something as good as "He Stopped Loving Her Today," then what's the point?

The musings are the same I believe the fire to create burns so heavily that I am never far from a guitar or a fountain pen.

I can find some way to make poetry out of my life's experiences.

I wanted to be a rock 'n' roll star. It defines life for me. It's all I've ever imagined for myself.

I have my songs ready in my head, gather the guys, play it and then let them go with it. [The music] finds its way, we do what the music says to do......the song is the producer.