You can be for something and still be damaged by it..

When Adam's House Cat broke up in 1991, which was Cooley and my band for six years, I put my entire life, heart, and soul into that thing. I mean eve….

At any given time, on our band Drive-by Truckers' shows there might be someone who's eight years old or 80 years old in the audience. Some nights the….

The biggest thing this has in common with almost all of our records is the dualities are still there. We kind of stripped down the other things we we….

I dislike Bush as much as probably anybody on earth could, but having said that... It's not like I'm going to change anybody's mind..

A lot of the music that I grew up loving has a really political bent to it..

The road does not always bring out the best in people..

Racism is a worldwide problem..

This time, we're living in such a crazy moment in history. People still write and talk about Watergate, which was such a huge, looming backdrop when ….

I never want to be that guy spouting off my political views. I mean, they're pretty well known, and it certainly comes out..

I'm lucky enough that people tend to agree a lot with what I say. But really if anyone in the band has a really strong feeling, it carries a lot of w….

I've always thought that a lot of really good writers go wrong by getting so into the craft and the technique and perfection. Perfection can be the e….

At any given time, there might be someone who's eight years old or 80 years old in the audience. Some nights there are a lot of girls in the audience….

I've always thought preaching to the converted is just kind of futile and silly..

I feel like, as a people, we're sort of stumbling in the dark right now..

I never want to be that guy spouting off my political views. I mean, they're pretty well known, and it certainly comes out. If something's bugging my….

If something's bugging my ass on any particular day, I'm probably going to say something about it, but I'm not going to go on a tirade..

Paste may be the last great American music magazine left..

I'm more interested in writing about the personal stories of people. Sometimes I don't agree with them..

Songwriting can be cathartic, but then you just keep it private. If you're going to play out and have other people listen to you, then you need to ma….

It's hard being part of a married couple in a band..