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

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.

The creative core of New York has never been native New Yorkers; it's people from all over the world.

Politics and music don't necessarily go hand in hand. They just do for me.

San Antonio is like a military town. It's like literally - when I was growing up there, there were five Air Force bases, plus Fort Sam Houston. I was always sort of near the military.

I really believe that if I make records that are indispensable to my audience, they'll go out and spend money to buy them, even if they've already downloaded them. If they can afford it. If they can't, I'd rather they be able to download it than not get it at all.

You know, I'm not comfortable with people whose politics are static in a democracy.