On The Road, In My Bunk, I

We Call It Drunk Philosophy. You Have A Few Beers And You Become A Lot Smarter.

When I Was Playing For Tips In College, I Felt A Fire In My Soul. I Had The Same Principle Of Focus That I Had Learned Playing Football.

I Do Sing About Drinking, But It's In A Party Way. I Don't Sing About Drinking In A Drowning-my-sorrows Way, Like In George Jones's "if Drinking Don't Kill Me (her Memory Will)."

As A Songwriter, You're Never Off - For Me, Anyway. There's A Certain Mentality Of People That Decide, "oh, We're Going To Try To Write Songs From This Time Of The Day To This Time Of The Day." Almost Treat It Like A Real Job. I Can't Do That. I've Never Been Able To Write Songs Like That. You Never Know When Something Creative Is Going To Hit You, Or Emotion Or Whatever. You Can Take It, And Turn It Into Something That Makes Somebody Feel Something. I Love That About My Job.

It's Tough Enough To Have A Relationship, And It Hurts Enough To Have It Not Work.