I don't think I'm a political songwriter as much as I am just a political person. I think it's in my fabric.

Poetry is the hardest thing that there is. It fascinates me, so I want to write more of it.

I'm not a racist, but I do have to work at not being a racist, because of where I grew up.

My audience doesn't agree with me on everything, but I love my audience, because they're totally okay with us having a dialogue.

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

My gift's primarily literary. That being said, I ended up a musician. By the time I made the bluegrass record...I'm more impressed with myself when I push the envelope musically than I am when I push it literality.

I'm one of the few people that I know that sings better than they did 20 years ago.