At home, I'm lucky if I can write three or four hours before the phone starts ringing and the kids want to go to soccer.

I'm trying to make records where people don't feel cheated. Nashville has been guilty of insulting the Country Music audience for years and years.

Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what's going on in the world really bizarre.

My main area of activism is the death penalty, and it will continue to be once this crisis is over with.

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

Back then, the business depended on bohemians. ... They needed Kristofferson and Roger Miller ..It was the tail end of something...the last Tin Pan Alley. ...and we were the night shift! They gave us keys, because they knew the best songs weren't written in daylight.... We got our keys taken away several times...me and Guy Clark.

I feel like I owe my audience something. They feed my kids. And I really like my job, a lot.