You see things differently at 40 than you do at 31. Especially if you got to 40 the way I did.

I don't spend a lot of time feeling sorry for myself, trying to compare how many records I've sold or how much money I've made.

I was born on this mountain, this mountains my home, she holds me and keeps me from worry and woe.

Songwriters are expanding time rather than compressing time. My short stories tend to be old fashioned, with a beginning, middle and end.

The stupidest thing that a writer can do is write a memoir I think, unless it's right before you die -- maybe.

Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that.

I don't believe that songwriting has to be profound, but I truly believe that it's a crime for you to go outta your way for it not to be.