Songwriting isn't always something that's directly proportionate to the experience..

Genre, to me, is not all that important, and it never has been..

I think most of the time when people have big disagreements and big misunderstandings, when time lessens that blow it creates a deeper understanding ….

I'm always flattered and honored when people cover my music or sing my songs, no matter where it is..

There's not a whole lot of media interest in me other than just the records that I make..

Across the board, from my mother to my father to my aunts and uncles, everybody has always given me a lot of love..

I love when people are coming up and they're working hard and you can see that they're really focused on the process to their music. I really dig tha….

Nothing is more powerful than beauty in a wicked world..

Theres nothing but spirit in music. Thats all it is. Yeah, theres a lot of intellectual elements to it, but no matter how you approach it, its all sp….

You need a strong sense of 'otherness' to be able to create in your life..

We all need a place that we can go, And feel over the rainbow.

I wasn't a very good teacher..

I can relate to soul, R&B... whatever people want to call me is fine. I just hope it makes them feel something..

I'm not into cold weather, I like warm weather..

I don't know anyone who is a writer who isn't influenced by the relationships in their life..

My favorite time in music is probably 1970-75. Still Bill by Bill Withers, Harvest by Neil Young, John Prine's first album, James Taylor's One Man Do….

Country artists have advantages all over the place. The radio support is incredible. The fanbase is rabid, all over..

I don't really know what 'folk music' means anymore..

People love music, they're always going to love music, it's our job to consistently push ourselves as artists to keep delivering stuff for people to ….

If you're a novelist, you have sort of themes that run throughout novels. You start a novel and you finish a novel. With record-making in the singer-….

I'm not a mass-appeal artist..