I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.

The end of all good music is to affect the soul.

Good music is good music, but it has to be good.

Good music is a gateway to the soul.

My mother and father are very involved with music. It's completely part of their soul. They have an incredible record collection, all vinyl, of some of the best artists, in my eyes, that you can come across.

Somebody told me once it takes an Americana song five minutes to say what a country song says in three - so I try to write country songs. But really, all good music is just soul music.