Every Person's Every Action Has An Effect.

While Visiting Places In The South With My Heart Really Open, I Realized How Important People In Certain Geographical Spots Were To Me, What They Symbolize, How I'm Still Connected To Them And How Much They Are A Part Of My Ancestry, Both Musical And Real.

Being In Vietnam Changed Him [johnny Cash] Fundamentally. He Was Devastated When We Went Into Iraq.

"country" Has Become A Marketing Term. I See Myself As A Songwriter.

I Was Down With Lucinda Williams And Mary Chapin-carpenter. We Did An Acoustic Tour, Just The Three Of Us, Three Chicks And Three Guitars

There's Always That Moment When You Realize What It's Going To Be. You Might Have An Overarching Theme And You Need To Fill In The Blanks - And Then There's This "aha" Moment When You See Where It's Going. That's The Most Satisfying Part Of Writing.