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"My guitar is really tempermental. I don't give up on it though, I'm close to my guitar!"
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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."

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

"I don't describe myself as a Christian or religious, but I like to think that how I live my life is honest."

"I've always been aware of having feelings that were pretty intense at times. I imagine most people have had that, or they wouldn't be human."

"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."

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

"This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it."

"Turn off the TV and start digging around for information that's not from a corporation trying to make money."
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