Every day on Earth is another chance to get it right.

I think the criticism that I take to heart is from other writers that I respect.

Woody Guthrie was what folks who don't believe in anything would call an anomaly.

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

I've been on every interstate highway in the lower forty-eight states by now and I never get tired of the view.

You know I ain't never prayed before 'Cause it always seemed to me That prayin's the same as beggin' Lord, I don't take no charity.

When you're really bummed out, the last thing you want to hear is up-tempo and positive. And it lets you know that you're not alone, that somebody has hurt before. It works the same way with chick songs as it does with political songs. When you hear somebody singing about these things, you know that you're not alone, that somebody else is suspicious of what's going on around us in the world. So you don't feel like you're crazy, and you feel like you might be able to make a difference.