My elementary school is still there [in Luttrell, Tennessee]. I drop by my high school. It's a small community. I say this every night before I do th….

We weren't raised Muslim - we were born Muslim. I didn't go to a Muslim school, but it was just the theme song. It was ambient..

Nothing is more frustrating to me than putting a song on an album and regret putting it on there. I'm excited that there are no songs on 'Tailgates &….

Sang in tones of deep emotion Songs of love and songs of longing..

How soft indeed the song of butterflies eating..

Cowriting is very personal. A great song is an honest song, so you have to be able to open up to the person in the room. It's like a blind date. I kn….

At times God puts us through the discipline of darkness to teach us to heed Him. Song birds are taught to sing in the dark, and we are put into the s….

There was a moment when Prince did rock & roll with a sponge-y seductive sound. I think that's what was in our head for 'Get On Your Boots.' But actu….

People expect me to do the classics, and it is a lot like playing a favorite song..

It's so amazing to hear a crowd of people singing one of your songs. It's the best feeling..

There have been periods in my life where I have experienced depression. It has been through some of my darkest moments that I have written some of my….

I remind myself Vincent van Gogh died without having sold a single painting. Like, art is not measured by the trappings that people attached to it. I….

I guess it's just my job to somehow balance knowing that every song is going to come differently and be different, but also know that, on the other h….

For a moment there I convinced myself I had my back against a wall, and suddenly the only wall I find my back against is that of a 10 by 10 writing s….

I wanted to be a singer. I wanted to be a musician. I wanted to travel and write songs and be a good songwriter. It came to me slowly after college..

It's really very easy for me to be in The Cardinals, because I bring my voice, my guitar, and my songs to them, and then we all play around to find o….

Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays..

There came a moment in the middle of the song when he suddenly felt every heartbeat in the room & after that he never forgot that he was part of some….

For us the Dresden Dolls were porcelain dolls that were made in that city at the time, that is what they were to us, and also a reference in Slaughte….

I started singing in church and I was probably around seven and I started singing anywhere that I could. I used to sing at my school. I was in musica….

I think that any songwriter - and I think that Bob Dylan knows this more than all of us - you don't write the songs anyhow..