I Wish I Was As Sure About

I'm From Texas. I Hitchhiked To Tennessee When I Was 19 Years Old, And It Is Really Beautiful In Tennessee.

You Know, I'm Not Comfortable With People Whose Politics Are Static In A Democracy.

Back Then, The Business Depended On Bohemians. ... They Needed Kristofferson And Roger Miller ..it Was The Tail End Of Something...the Last Tin Pan Alley. ...and We Were The Night Shift! They Gave Us Keys, Because They Knew The Best Songs Weren't Written In Daylight.... We Got Our Keys Taken Away Several Times...me And Guy Clark.

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.

What Songwriting Does Better Than Almost Anything Is Empathy - It's Incredibly Empathetic. The Reason People Sat Around In Bars When They Were Bummed Out And Listened To Country Songs Is Because It Made Them Feel Better In The Long Run.