There's a reason that I love this town.

The only thing worse than growing up is never quite learning how

I hope people leave my show thinking they've had a worthwhile couple of hours. The worst thing you want is for people to think they've wasted their time or didn't get their money's worth.

I love playing and I like traveling. I really do like playing in Canada, its not to diminish anywhere else because touring internationally can be cool.

We still need to have one beautiful lady standing there.

My dad brings a deep-seated knowledge of the British folk genre, and a lot of my love for guitar playing comes from learning from him and his influences, which eventually became my influences.

I might be a teacher or something like that. I really like young people. I always think about the teachers I had that did a good job. I would maybe have the same aspirations.

That memory of making the record is a huge part of the record itself.

Great art is a regional thing. I'm not saying my art is great. I recognize what I think is great about music is often on a regional level.

I like New Orleans music, I like Memphis music and I like the way that the sound like those places. I like how there are stars and there are people in those cities that are revered in the community.

When I'm recording a song, I wake up and I'm thinking about it. I go to sleep and I'm thinking about it.

Words matter, but what matters more than words is forgiveness and compassion.

(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.

Life is one long jubilee.

President [Barack] Obama's pick of Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education was abysmal.

Wynton Marsalis is jazzy the same way someone who drives a BMW is sporty.

Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.

Strengthen in us, O God, the work You have begun in us.

If a movie has more characters than an audience can keep track of, the audience will get confused and lose interest in the story.

I like to do things that are shocking or challenging for the sake of comedy.

There are no bystanders in this life.