I do think that part of literature's job is to comment on and participate in the social issues of the time.
I'm all about being prudent. And I've started to appreciate experiences more than actual objects.
I'm kind of a hermit. it's almost easier for me to write about connection than to actually connect.
I think grief is a step towards strength because it allows you to be porous and take everything in, and have it transform you. What will sit within you is despairing, but at least it's feeling. You're not numb. Grief is sort of the allowance of feeling.
I think short-term goals are important. Trying to set a missive for yourself for the entire year can be daunting, and it can feel too easy to fail or fall short of that.
I like to take things incrementally, and strive for something that feels more attainable.
"We can't name it, but we can sing along. " That is my ultimate relationship to any art form, but especially music.
A real building is one on which the eye can light and stay lit.
I feel my job as an artist is to drive people to country radio. That's my job as a country artist. So these streaming places, especially these on-demand streaming places, where you can just push a button and hear it as many times as you want, like YouTube, any of that stuff, that's taking all the ears away from country radio.
Don't you see yourself in every picture you love? You feel a radiance wash through you. It's something you can't analyze or speak about clearly. What are you doing at that moment? You're looking at a picture on a wall. That's all. But it makes you feel alive in the world. It tells you yes, you're here. And yes, you have a range of being that's deeper and sweeter than you knew.
Your life is the sum total of all your choices up to this present minute.