Every time I write a song I feel really lucky and kind of surprised. Not surprised that I wrote it, but just surprised that things exist that you don't know about.

I love when people are coming up and they're working hard and you can see that they're really focused on the process to their music. I really dig that. As a musician, it's nice to see people who really care about the process.

The cool thing about being a songwriter, or a writer, I guess, in general, you can take on a lot of different things, experience a lot of different things, just by writing about them.

There's nothing but spirit in music. That's all it is. Yeah, there's a lot of intellectual elements to it, but no matter how you approach it, it's all spirit.

Understanding where your food comes from, trying to bolster local farmers and local economies and having a better connection to the food around you and the people around you, only good can come of that. I love to be involved with things like that.

You never really get a chance to sit down with the people you love, unless you really make an effort to do it. It doesn't just happen naturally anymore.

I think most of the time when people have big disagreements and big misunderstandings, when time lessens that blow it creates a deeper understanding for both people.

I like down-to-earth people.

Country artists have advantages all over the place. The radio support is incredible. The fanbase is rabid, all over.

Genre, to me, is not all that important, and it never has been.

I can relate to soul, R&B... whatever people want to call me is fine. I just hope it makes them feel something.

I do not go on my Wikipedia page. There's just too much weird information on there for me to pick apart.

I don't know anyone who is a writer who isn't influenced by the relationships in their life.

I don't know anything about music theory at all. Zero. But I don't really need to.

I don't really hang out with a lot of celebrities.

I don't really know that there's any real rules for songwriting.

I don't really know what 'folk music' means anymore.

I live a pretty anonymous life.

I love vinyl, man.

I love what I do, so I don't mind working.