You can go out and find ways to make your own record and get it out there now. If you really want to, you can be heard. Keep things simple. Learn to go out and play solo. That's a really really good thing to learn, if you're a singer-songwriter. Don't be dependent on a band because you may not always be able to afford one.

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

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

I love baseball. I'll probably end up one of those old farts who go to spring training in Florida every year and drive from game to game all day.

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.

My politics were really radical when I was younger, and then I moderated like everyone else does when they start having kids.

It's incredibly irresponsible to allow victims' family members to witness executions.