I just had it with the corporate money, money, money label thing.

I can't stand too long of a record.

I write about what I know.

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?

I don’t have a problem baring my emotions in music. That’s one of the reasons I’m glad to have music in my life. I’m pretty resilient as far as being a human being. A lot of songs write themselves.

I don't think I've ever put it in words before. But daddy took a gun and ended his life and took momma's with him.

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.