If there is such a thing as a workaholic, I'm it, and that's what passes for leisure.

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

I don't usually read reviews.

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

I think the music business is changing. Artists that don't want to tour and just want to collect royalty checks and stay home are not going to be able to do that.

Or you can be like the Soviet Union, start out with ideals, and end up ceasing to exist.

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.