No one wants to hear me doing my best Garrison Keillor... I think that he's inimitable; he's one in a billion.

I love putting on shows. I absolutely adore it - that's why I've been doing it now for so long.

The radio - this old piece of technology that's still crackingly current - gives you this communal experience in real time.

In my mind, there's this one 'super genre,' which is the only genre that matters, and that's the super genre of good music.

If you're sitting there going, 'Well, these particular genres are the only genres I like,' that's like saying, 'I only like books with this particular kind of cover.' Because that's all genre is. It's a discussion of texture.

My musical output has been consistently acoustic, but my taste has not. I love everything. As long as it's good, I'm in.

The more you look at great art of any kind, you'll see that there's this thread running through all of it.

A cocktail and an oyster is an awfully good thing after a park, especially one close to water.

Calvin is a constant reminder that I'm not always as present as I want to be. His go-to state of being is present. So I'm really grateful of that part of being his parent.

People who are happy with their neighborhoods in New York always say the same thing: 'It's such a neighborhood!' And that's how we feel about Carroll Gardens. We see all the same people who have been there a long time and are very friendly and welcoming to us.

Anyone who says it's so easy to write a country hit and that it's just a formula - well, try it sometime. If it was that easy, everybody would be doing it.

I grew up less than a mile from folks that lived in shacks with dirt floors. I certainly know that there are needs in this country. Not too far from your house, if you look around, people need to be helped.

Anybody who has ever played in bars has played 'Keep Your Hands to Yourself.' It's a monumental piece of rock & roll. It makes you feel exactly like rock & roll is supposed to make you feel.

I'm gonna keep making music that hopefully I think is good, and whatever comes out of that, that will be fine with me.

I think it's OK if somebody likes my music and likes Sam Hunt's music, too. And I think if we're both selling records, it's good for everybody. I think it allows other records to get made.

I like all kinds of music. But I would rather people stop caring about lines.

I don't think country music needs saving from anything.

The curse of being a songwriter is that's you're always at work. I could look out the window right now and see something that would make me want to write.

My dad could hold a tune. He wasn't necessarily a singer, but he did love music, and he listened to it quite loud in the car.

I love music so much, and I love musicians - I love singers. It's fun. That's what music's supposed to be. Fun.

I don't ever view myself as a straight country act, and I don't think the straight country acts view me as a straight country act, either - but I certainly belong to them.

I've always believed you should sing songs you can really put yourself into. I think the emotion you put into it is just as important as singing the notes.

For me, the more time you can take and the more care you can take with songs, the better off you're going to be.

Everybody's got a story on their beards. I guess it's just a way of finding common ground with people you otherwise might not know.