I'll never believe that Americans have racticed in our history anything close to the purest form of democracy of the world. Because there are lots of democracies around the world that function better than ours does. It's always been that way. There's some truth to the idea that it's rigged, but there is a way that it's supposed to work that.

My therapist says that I choose women that I couldn't possibly succeed in a relationship with because I really want to be alone. Which sounds complicated and convoluted to me, but I don't know. Maybe she's right. There's a part of me that wants that.

I don't care what's happening in the mainstream of country music. I haven't in a long time.

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 don't usually read reviews.

New Orleans is a unique environment.

Or you can be like the Soviet Union, start out with ideals, and end up ceasing to exist.