It's Usually A Spiritual Thing That's Preventing

I Feel Like You've Gotta Be Able To Get Up Every Night In Front Of A Live Audience. Whether It's 10 People Or 50 People Or A Hundred People, Whether You're In A Rock Band Or Doing The Comedy Circuit.

I'm Somebody Who Can Absorb A Lot.

I Tend To Go Against The Grain Because When I Start To See That Everybody's Trying To Shock, I Try Not To. I Just Do Stuff That's Subtler, More Emotional, And I Think That Shocks People.

Hip Doesn't Really Come Into Play Anymore As Far As I Can Tell.

... Coming To A Place Like Nashville, Which Is Just Music Music Music, It's Always Been Such An Influence On Me. And There Are So Many Interesting Songwriters Out There, And It's Such A Crazy Business And So Many People Are Trying To Do It, And It's All Right There In Nashville.