Woody Guthrie was what folks who don't believe in anything would call an anomaly.

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

I've been a serial husband, and I've done it badly every time.

I don't think I'm a political songwriter as much as I am just a political person. I think it's in my fabric.

I think the criticism that I take to heart is from other writers that I respect.

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

My gift's primarily literary. That being said, I ended up a musician. By the time I made the bluegrass record...I'm more impressed with myself when I push the envelope musically than I am when I push it literality.