The world of literature is a world where there is no reality except that of the human imagination.
I play basketball all the time. Me and my band play every week on the road. That's something that I've never really given up since high school.
Not only am I trying to be a daddy, but also a friend, not be the old fogey thats slowing everybody else down. . . not for a while, at least.
The life that I live and the experiences that I have always affect what comes out of me creatively. I think that's what makes music real.
My granddaddy on my momma's side, he was a romantic. He loved love songs. Every Valentine's Day, I remember him buying a red carnation for my grandmomma, my momma and my sister. That was something you could count on every year.
I'm definitely not going to go and sing a song that condones certain things.
My first full year of touring, I did 300 days on the road. That was not including the travel time or publicity or anything else - that was just dates. I was home probably less than 50 days that year.
Specialists can never practice their specialties too much. The danger is in not practicing enough. Make that mistake, and soon you may not be in the specialty business anymore.
Most of the stats say that 90% of people who buy a book or check one out of a library would never get past the first chapter. To me, the title better say everything there is to say about the book.
On the road, I try to maintain my connections with friends and family as much as I possibly can. That keeps me pretty grounded.
The universe is incredibly wondrous, incredibly beautiful, and it fills me with a sense that there is some underlying explanation that we have yet to fully understand. If someone wants to place the word 'God' on those collections of words, it's OK with me.