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.

Greg Trooper writes great songs, including one of my very favorite songs in the world, Little Sister. On top of all that, there's his voice - an instrument I have coveted for 15 years.

I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.

My dad was in a wheelchair and on oxygen for the last few years of his life.

New Orleans is a unique environment.

I'm from Texas. I hitchhiked to Tennessee when I was 19 years old, and it is really beautiful in Tennessee.

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