I always felt the play came first. If it didn't touch me, I'd say forget the part.

When I first came out, country wouldn't touch me because I was way too rock, and rock wouldn't touch me because I was definitely country.

But when I came back into the city for the first time last November, I thought every truck, every building was going to blow up. It has truly changed me something fierce.

It is in this unearthly first hour of spring twilight that earth's almost agonized livingness is most felt. This hour is so dreadful to some people that they hurry indoors and turn on the lights.

If I'm not going to get a part, tell me why.

I felt good in the bullpen and even when we came out in the first inning I felt fairly good.