Fundamentalism, as practiced by the Taliban, is the enemy of real thought, and religion, too.

I'm a very disciplined person when it comes to my work, but discipline can't save m from being a drug addict.

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

I don't separate writing songs from poetry and short fiction. In the area where I work in my house, there's a word processor and a guitar.

You know I ain't never prayed before 'Cause it always seemed to me That prayin's the same as beggin' Lord, I don't take no charity.

I think the music business is changing. Artists that don't want to tour and just want to collect royalty checks and stay home are not going to be able to do that.

Every leap forward that I make is by reaching back and firmly getting a footing in the past, and pushing forward as hard as I can.