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.

Like most kids, I grew up singing 'This Land Is Your Land' in grammar school, but with the most radical verses neatly removed. This was before I knew it was a Woody Guthrie song.

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've been a serial husband, and I've done it badly every time.

I'm not a Democrat; I'm something well to the left of a Democrat, but I'm just realistic about the system.

We're Americans. I don't consider us to be evil, I just don't think we know any better. We're a really young culture. We're hillbillies, and the rest of the world sees us that way. I travel all over the world, and probably the only worse rednecks than us are the Australians. And they're an even younger country.

I ain't ever satisfied.