Records are only one-dimensional. Even film is only one-dimensional. That's why music and live theatre is so important, because it's not the same thing. A recording is just a record of part of the experience, but it's not the whole experience.

All we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It's part of learning the craft.

I had everything I need to get me killed.

I've never known of Wal-Mart to be a good neighbor in any town it's ever moved into.

My son was diagnosed with autism. He's OK, he makes eye contact, but he doesn't talk. He needs eight hours a day of very intensive school, and you wouldn't even believe me if I told you how much it costs.

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.

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