I was born the son of a lawless man, always spoke my mind with a gun in my hand.

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.

All the words of wisdom sound the same.

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.

If difficult times teach us the most important lessons, we should then learn to read difficult books.

Gratitude for every day along the way is the key to acknowledging and enjoying happiness now. Not when the results come in or when you retire, or when this or that happens.

Jesus was a brilliant Jewish stand-up comedian, a phenomenal improviser. His parables are great one-liners.

Beauty hath no lustre save when it gleameth through the crystal web that purity's fine fingers weave for it.

I don't need to work.

Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either for church or commonwealth. If the people be governors, who shall be governed?

Every criticism or slight against you, warranted or not, received or endured humbly, is written in heaven for your reward.

The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.

I have better use for my brain than to poison it with alcohol. To put alcohol in the human brain is like putting sand in the bearings of an engine.

In my opinion the greatest advantage we can at present expect from our Navy; for at this early period We can not expect to have a Navy to cope with the British.