The only instrument I can play is piano. Whenever I make songs at home I play the piano and make them on the piano.

Social topics may hit too close to home for people but then again if you pull a heartstring then that's what country music is. It's not just songs about getting drunk and leaving your girl.

When I think about the songs I might record I ask myself 'Can I picture anybody I know back home sitting in their truck cranking this up?'

You can't fake this music. You might be a great singer or a great musician but in the need that's got nothing to do with it. It's how you connect to the songs and to the history behind them.

Pretty much at all times music motivates me. How can I say this without sounding in any way proud of myself? Obviously I've always written songs that are critical of our government and talk about our times. Hopefully you attempt to be timeless while doing it.

Being in a rock band is about touring. It's about writing songs and it's about making records but it's also about taking a wonderful smile onto that stage and making the people feel good about themselves.

Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.

I've been doing musical theater since I was a kid. And look for a CD from me in the future. I want to write all the songs!

I feel like I write songs for the future or something. Not in an arrogant way but I feel like maybe my songs were like before their time or something.

We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean really. I mean not that the 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is like really funny.