All the words of wisdom sound the same.

In the tradition of the classic songwriter rooms like The Bluebird in Nashville, Strange Brew is a gift to the music community in Austin, for artists and audiences alike

People say, 'How's the record doing?' In the old days you'd say, 'We're at 600,000, it's doing great.' You don't say those things anymore. Those numbers are gone.

If you can't play it on an acoustic guitar or a grand piano then it's not a song.

Well, it's not far down to paradise, at least it's not for me And if the wind is right you can sail away and find tranquility.

I think MTV put a huge dent in the songwriting craft.

We certainly strive for trying to make a quality record throughout, and I think that's true of all of our records.

You just want to hone your craft, whatever it may be.

Don't surrender to the dying light; don't take it lying down.

The hurt of a love that is lost has no cure but the love of another heart.

Love is the light that can shine so bright.

My fear of endings too often blocks my hope of beginnings.

Act for the joy and beauty of action not for the fruits of creation.

It should be made clear that religious freedom DOES NOT include the right to persecute others, nor the right to take away their humanity and equal treatment before the law.

I'm a working travelling musician, but just on a bigger scale...

It smelled like aging wood and creosote, plastic book covers, and old paper. Old paper, which my mom used to say was the smell of time itself.

This is a great mind at work examining itself. This is where literature comes from.

When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.

Well, let's see. There's -- of course -- in the great history of America rulings there have been rulings.

It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.

To create anything… is to believe, if only momentarily, you are capable of magic.