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

I mainly read non-fiction, and that's probably because I have a huge amount of insecurity about my lack of education and the things I don't know.

If there is such a thing as a workaholic, I'm it, and that's what passes for leisure.

Every country that's ever been the most powerful country in the world ceases to be the most powerful country in the world at some point.

I wasn't raised to not write about issues, and I'm just living in really politically charged times. You know, I'd rather write songs about girls, but it's just hard to do right now.

I don't usually read reviews.

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.