Record Labels Today Are Much Less Patient:

My Fans Get Enough Politics On Tv Every Day. I Want Them To Think For Themselves. I Don't Want Them To Listen To Me.

We Leaned On Family, Church, School, Friends And Sports. That's Basically All We Had. All Those Things Really Shaped My Life And Shaped Me Musically. It's Why I Write The Way I Do.

I Drink A Few Beers, And I've Smoked A Little Pot. But I'm Too Health Conscious To Do It Regularly. I Run A Lot. I Don't Smoke Cigarettes. Pot Is The Hardest Thing I've Tried, Really.

I Love The Fact That I Can Go Out There On Stage With A Guitar And Sing A Song That Means Something To Somebody.

My Life Can Be Insanely Complicated Sometimes, And There's A Certain Simplicity That I Crave.