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

I'm not a mass-appeal artist..

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

I wasn't a very good teacher..

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

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

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

I don't really hang out with a lot of celebrities..

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….

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

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

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-….