"I honestly don't listen to a lot of music - I spend so much time working at my own music."

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"I honestly don't listen to a lot of music - I spend so much time working at my own music."

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"Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing."

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"If something bothers me, it bothers me for a long time until I find a way to work it out. Music provided me with a means of working things out."

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"Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music."

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

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"I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash."

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