A frozen river is not a dry one, it's just a still river on the surface but is still moving, and so am my winter writing.

We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.

You will never find happiness until you stop looking for it.

I like to play small clubs.

When you're singing, you're using extra muscles, and it requires a lot of exercise and breathing. You can't do that if you're a sissy. If I have any fitness advice for people, I'd tell them to sing more. It's good therapy, too.

I was influenced a lot by those around me - there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields.

Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is.