Sympathetic characters usually have a voice. They usually don't have any trouble being heard.

I don't care what's happening in the mainstream of country music. I haven't in a long time.

I can deal with conservatives in a democracy. With real conservatives, I don't agree with them, but I understand why they believe what they believe and I believe they're being honest with me about it.

People can try to make me into anything they want, but I think they're really throwing around language but saying the same thing.

Every day on Earth is another chance to get it right.

I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.

Part of it is, I think, just to let people know you've got a record out there and that you're still alive requires more work than it used to, because the traditional radio, bug chains of record stores, all of that, that doesn't exist anymore.