He's the real deal. Eric Taylor was one of my heroes and teachers when I started playing around Houston in the early 1970s.

Politics has always been in my music. Anybody who doesn't understand how political "Copperhead Road" is isn't listening very well.

I wish I was as sure about things as Bill Monroe was sure about things.

What saves me from being a drug addict is sort of the opposite. It's me realizing that I don't really control anything.

My audience doesn't agree with me on everything, but I love my audience, because they're totally okay with us having a dialogue.

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

Gregory Corso used to get really pissed when people called Bob Dylan a 'poet.' After writing poetry for a few years, I can understand that.