I still believe in the old-school show thing no frills, no fancy equipment just a guitar and some amps and some drums, and throw it out there and do ….

I don't think I've ever put it in words before. But daddy took a gun and ended his life and took momma's with him..

I wasn't encouraged to write just stand there and sing and I never thought I was a writer. I always figured if I couldn't write something as good as ….

You know, I just don't believe that art is supposed to make sense. I really don't think it's supposed to be analyzed to death. It's left to the liste….

Imagery is the most important to me when singing stories. I try to paint pictures with the words and decorate with little to no singing....let the so….

I just had it with the corporate money, money, money label thing..

I like rules that are broken..

Music should be poor. Music should be with out air conditioning. That's just the way it is..

I've pretty much run the circle of labels and dealing with that whole kind of battle, because you're the one creating the music, but you're not the f….

It was hard to work and work and work and not get your music played on the radio..

Ben [Peeler] and I have known each other for a decade. He trusts my crazy ideas and spontaneous combustion and he gets the players I want and knows t….

There's not anything I can fix, change, make better its out to the world. I'd like to say that I like my records but it's for reasons other than enjo….

That's what I so admired about Johnny Cash and June Carter. Their music wasn't a big influence on me. It was their character, their individual styles….

Be exceptional. Make tremendous efforts to be extraordinary. What a privilege to be here on the planet to contribute your unique donation to humankin….

I think a lot of people think that my parents' deaths is why I write such sad songs, but that's not true. Those songs may just be the woman I am..

The musings are the same I believe the fire to create burns so heavily that I am never far from a guitar or a fountain pen..

Now I can make a thousand dollars a night at a club..

I wanted to be a rock 'n' roll star. It defines life for me. It's all I've ever imagined for myself..

I like strength. I depend on my own..

You can't roll a joint on an iPod, buy vinyl..

My drawings are another kind of music for me...they relax me and I think they all connect somehow..