So listen everybody to what I got to say, there's hope for tomorrow, if we wake up today.

The spirit of the woods is like an old good friend, makes me feel warm and good inside. I knew his name and it was good to see him again, cause in the wind he's still alive.

We hunt and fish or we'll go nuts dealing with the criminal behavior of our elected officials.

My love is like a tire iron.

I still tour like a man possessed, because I am.

I write incessantly, I'm very productive, I write for a dozen publications and blogs and websites. A lot of very hardcore political stuff. I write a weekly feature. I express myself. But when time comes to make music [with the] same absolutely unleashing of total honesty zero inhibitions, it just flows like a stream of conscientiousness because I will not be silenced no matter what my point might be.

I clearly understood the concept of wise use before I ever heard the actual words, for my father wouldn't allow us to waste anything.