When I see someone I think is cool, he's a pretty well-adjusted individual. He's not too affected one way or the other by what's happening, no matter what's going through his mind.

You can't make a record if you ain't got nothin' to say.

The first time I got onstage was when I was about 5 years old. It was at a church social, and I had a poem to recite.

I been a long time leaving but I'm going to be a long time gone.

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.

My sister played the piano. She’s two years older than me, and I always wanted to play something. So my grandmother got the guitar for me, and showed me a couple of chords to start off. And then I got me a book. Next thing you know, I was playing along with sister.

Do something bad a thousand times and it's no big deal. Everyone just goes, "Willie f - up again."