It really does take a lot of time to make records, to be in the studio and do all that stuff.

Whether I'm making my own record, or playing a guitar part, I want what I do to have an impact.

I had just lost my dad and I remembered all the songs we used to go and hear at concerts, and the records around the house and sometimes we'd play together.

I do not like being famous. I like being normal.

I would love to hear someone write a song like 'He Stopped Loving Her Today' rather than 'You're hot. I'm hot. We're in a truck.' It's just mind-numbing to me.

Everything I've done feels like I'm just as much a part of it as if I was the producer. It's still the same job: all of us together figuring out the common good for a song. That's the only thing that matters. It's not like, "I'm the boss, and I'm gonna tell you what to play."

It really does take a lot of time to make records, to be in the studio and do all that stuff.