The Only Reality Is In The Moment.

I'd Lost My Family To My Years Of Failing As A Songwriter. All I Had Were Bills, Child Support, And Grief. And I Was About To Get Fired. It Looked Like I'd Trashed My Act. But There Was Something Liberating About It. By Not Having To Live Up To People's Expectations, I Was Somehow Free.

There Were Decades I Didn't Play Sober. I Thought, Who Would Want To? But At Some Point, I Decided That If It Was Important Enough To Me To Keep Doing It As Art, I Should Do It With All My Tools.

Johnny Cash's Face Belongs On Mount Rushmore...i Don't Write As Much As I Did Back When I Was Writing Songs Every Day. I've Come To Know When I've Got A Good One, Although Sometimes It Takes The World Awhile To Catch Up With Me...if You're In It Because You Love It And You Have To Do It, That's The Right Reason. If You're In It Because You Want To Get Rich Or Famous, Don't Do It.

I'll Probably Be Writing As Long As I'm Breathing.

You Don't Paddle Against The Current, You Paddle With It. And If You Get Good At It, You Throw Away The Oars.