Writing, overall, has never been what I'd call fun. It's fulfilling. It doesn't come real easy for me.

Some guy refuses to fight and we call that the sin, but he's standing up for what he believes in and that seems pretty damned American to me.

Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had.

I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things.

And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.

I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.