I Have A Theory That The People

All We Do As Songwriters Is Rewrite The Songs That Have Impressed Us Till We Find Our Own Voice. It's Part Of Learning The Craft.

I'm Trying To Make Records Where People Don't Feel Cheated. Nashville Has Been Guilty Of Insulting The Country Music Audience For Years And Years.

Townes Van Zandt Is The Best Songwriter In The Whole World, And I'll Stand On Bob Dylan's Coffee Table In My Cowboy Boots And Say That.

Songwriters Are Expanding Time Rather Than Compressing Time. My Short Stories Tend To Be Old Fashioned, With A Beginning, Middle And End.

The Drama Teacher That I Had In High School, Back In Texas, Was The Only Teacher Who Didn't Kick Me Out Of His Class. He Turned Me On To 'the Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.' I Had Picked Up Dylan With 'bringing It All Back Home,' And He Turned Me On To The First Couple Of Albums, Which I Hadn't Heard.