I think I'm going to be making country records for as long as I can see into the future. It's much more down-home and real.

• Commitments are one of the worst things to have in the music business. They're very annoying.
• One new feature or fresh take can change everything.
• It's cool to go places where working people are happy.
• I think I'm going to be making country records for as long as I can see into the future. It's much more down-home and real.
• Back then people closed their eyes and listened to music. Today there's a lot of images that go with the music. A lot of music is crap and it's all commercial and the images are all trying to sell the record.
• I just do what I do. I like to make music.
• I don't like to be labeled, to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it's counter-productive.
• I have so many opinions about everything it just comes out during my music. It's a battle for me. I try not to be preachy. That's a real danger.
• My music isn't anything but me. It has jazz in it, and rock'n'roll, and it has an urgency to it.
• The '60s was one of the first times the power of music was used by a generation to bind them together.