You're not supposed to totally know what's happening. The songs are supposed to give you clues so you can fill in the blanks.

We don’t need more ‘What if the mother is going to die’ debated, we need ‘I had an abortion because I was not ready to be a mother. It was my choice and my right. I own it. Back the f@#( up.

If you want to be noticed as a drop of water, why would you move to the ocean?

Country music is completely punk-rock. It's the original punk-rock.

The most tender place in my heart is for strangers. I know it's unkind, but my own blood is much too dangerous.

The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight. The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You.

I would be a huge hypocrite if I didn't tell you that at one time in my life I thought the way that you made music was you got on a major label and you got famous.

Playing in an independent rock band will eventually make you equal parts truck driver, gladiator and mule. Glamour is for those with trust funds.

We shouldn't censor ourselves based on the weak idea of "looking cool." It's such a waste of potential awesomeness.

I grew up with lots of animals and I related more to them than I did to people. I feel a lot of empathy for them.

Everyone has to kind of fend for themselves.

Be gentle with othersFor many hurt though you see it notSome wounds are invisible yet deepKhoiSan Book of Wisdom

Soft closer of our eyes! Low murmur of tender lullabies!

He tried to reconstruct the story in his mind, but it kept getting confused, bleeding into itself like watercolors.

Today's Schools are not Tomorrows Schools. That's a fundamental misconception.

How the sting of poverty, or small means, is gone when one keeps house for one's own comfort and not for the comfort of one's neighbors.

We can all live under the Constitution and all express ourself in radically different ways and not control each other.

I have a swagger coach that helps me and teaches me different swaggerific things to do.

The benefit of even limited monopolies is too doubtful, to be opposed to that of their general suppression.

I believe you can use photographs to meditate on and work through things in your life.

Hoping they bury me with ammunition, weed, and shells. Just in case.