I started out in the folk music world only because of the way my songs were written and performed, with just an acoustic guitar, but I always related to the rock n' roll lifestyle.

I started out in the folk music world only because of the way my songs were written and performed, with just an acoustic guitar, but I always related to the rock n' roll lifestyle.

The Songwriters Hall of fame, that's the one all the big-time writers get into, the really great stuff, the Broadway stuff and all that. That would be something, to get your name in there.

The Songwriters Hall of fame, that's the one all the big-time writers get into, the really great stuff, the Broadway stuff and all that. That would be something, to get your name in there.

I found it easier to make up songs than to learn other people's songs.

I found it easier to make up songs than to learn other people's songs.

I guess I just process death differently than some folks. Realizing you're not going to see that person again is always the most difficult part about it. But that feeling settles, and then you are glad you had that person in your life, and then the happiness and the sadness get all swirled up inside you.

I guess I just process death differently than some folks. Realizing you're not going to see that person again is always the most difficult part about it. But that feeling settles, and then you are glad you had that person in your life, and then the happiness and the sadness get all swirled up inside you.

I can't really sit around and talk with people who believe that the Bible is the way it happened, because that's man-made. I'm a writer, too; that's how I look at the Bible. Like, 'I could've written a better version than that,' you know? At least a more interesting one, and then maybe more people would go to church. I could definitely do a revamp.

I can't really sit around and talk with people who believe that the Bible is the way it happened, because that's man-made. I'm a writer, too; that's how I look at the Bible. Like, 'I could've written a better version than that,' you know? At least a more interesting one, and then maybe more people would go to church. I could definitely do a revamp.

There's only two things. There's life, and there's death.

There's only two things. There's life, and there's death.

When I'm making my own record, it's real work for me.

When I'm making my own record, it's real work for me.

If some part of the review is true, those are the ones that sting.

If some part of the review is true, those are the ones that sting.

I don't like to see Christmas trees torn down.

I don't like to see Christmas trees torn down.

I never fit in with straight country. I never really fit in with rock n' roll. I've always been somewhere in between all this stuff.

I never fit in with straight country. I never really fit in with rock n' roll. I've always been somewhere in between all this stuff.

I don't concern myself with where I fit in. I just keep my head down and keep doing whatever it is I'm going.

I don't concern myself with where I fit in. I just keep my head down and keep doing whatever it is I'm going.

I think it shows when you have to work too hard on a song.

I think it shows when you have to work too hard on a song.