Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had.

Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music.

If something bothers me, it bothers me for a long time until I find a way to work it out. Music provided me with a means of working things out.

Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing.

And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.

I honestly don't listen to a lot of music - I spend so much time working at my own music.

I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash.

We got CEOs making 200 times the worker's pay, but they'll fight like hell against raising the minimum wage.

I've always written about things that cause me to feel something.

This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.

I've always been aware of having feelings that were pretty intense at times. I imagine most people have had that, or they wouldn't be human.

I've always thought people would find a lot more pleasure in their routines if they burst into song at significant moments.

Maintain a persistent focus of what you want

The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.

On the slightest touch the unsupported fabric of their pride and power fell to the ground. The expiring senate displayed a sudden lustre, blazed for a moment, and was extinguished for ever.

Unfair in practice is not the same thing as wrong in principle, but sometimes it has to do.

I want to own an NFL franchise. I understand the business of football.

All men shall be my slaves! All women shall succumb to my charms! All mankind shall grovel at my feet and not know why!

By creating compelling content, you can become a celebrity.

Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power or not? It is born in them.