I don’t believe that songwriting has to be profound, but I truly believe that it’s a crime for you to go outta your way for it not to be.
Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what’s going on in the world really bizarre.
You see things differently at 40 than you do at 31. Especially if you got to 40 the way I did.
People hate good books to be over. I wish I could write a 700-page book.
I have a low tolerance for mediocrity in music and life. I’m into pain and joy and the in-between doesn’t interest me.
I don’t care what’s happening in the mainstream of country music. I haven’t in a long time.
To me, religion is an agreement between a group of people about what God is. Spirituality is a one-on-one relationship.
The reason music became so powerful to our generation is that it’s art you can consume in your car, and we were driving around a lot.
I don’t really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.
Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I’ll stand on Bob Dylan’s coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that.
What’s important is you wake up in the morning and something doesn’t exist, and when you finish you day’s work something is in the world that wasn’t there before.