I Have No Doubt In Mind That

My Gift's Primarily Literary. That Being Said, I Ended Up A Musician. By The Time I Made The Bluegrass Record...i'm More Impressed With Myself When I Push The Envelope Musically Than I Am When I Push It Literality.

Like Most Kids, I Grew Up Singing 'this Land Is Your Land' In Grammar School, But With The Most Radical Verses Neatly Removed. This Was Before I Knew It Was A Woody Guthrie Song.

I Do Not Believe Tony Blair Was A Fundamentally Good Man Who Went Bad. I Believe He Was Evil In The First Place.

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.

He's The Real Deal. Eric Taylor Was One Of My Heroes And Teachers When I Started Playing Around Houston In The Early 1970s.