I've been on every interstate highway in the lower forty-eight states by now and I never get tired of the view.

I just had a child on purpose at age 56, I'm pretty f---ing optimistic.

The reason music became so powerful to our generation is that it's art you can consume in your car, and we were driving around a lot.

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

Fundamentalism, as practiced by the Taliban, is the enemy of real thought, and religion, too.

I don't type fast. I type with three fingers - two on one hand, and I only get one going on the other. I think my thumb's in there, but I'm not sure. I may be no better than an orangutan when it comes to that.

I have no doubt in mind that I justify the space I take up in the world.