I don't think Sony spent a dime ... until it had sold 500,000 copies.

It's been amazing -- in three weeks we sold 15,000 copies, the same number as we'd sold in the last six years.

My best country record only sold 200,000 copies.

For a lot of kids it was very a generational film. There really hadn't been anything like that for a whole generation of kids, and they immediately latched on to it and felt a bond with the film and the music.

This was a case where the soundtrack came together really for a love of music. The songs were not in there because some label said, 'Oh this is our next release and were going to push this.' It was very organic. It was like a mix tape your best friend made for you. I think that's what people responded to, that mix-tape feel.

According to my royalty statements, 'The Green Progression' sold 392 copies in hardcover.