I couldn't make every song about Texas because it wouldn't be new; it wouldn't be a breath of fresh air.
I'm not raging drunk when I play. I just like to relax. Sometimes I stop and I tell people "I'm sorry, I'm really nervous".
I dropped out of college, started playing music. I was going to do what I was going to do and it is what it is.
I'm so scared of flying.
I still dream about my parents and have done every night for 10 years, and I wake up either crying or having to remember that they're gone.
I had a few friends who we hung out with and that was it. We'd ride together, get in fights, go dancing, just causing trouble basically.
My mum always told me, 'Have something to fall back on' and I never really listened.
In each of us, there is a little voice that knows exactly which way to go. And I learned very early to listen to it, even though it has caused so much grief and havoc, and I think that is the only answer.
I had a lot of hurts and confusions. You know, it's hard when you're a kid to be different. You're all full of things, and you don't know that it's about.
"Ocean" is more about. . . powerlessness and hopelessness. When we're very small we can't actually do anything - we have no say in what happens, we have no money or resources, we sometimes have no idea what's going on.
Written words still have the amazing power to bring out the best and worst of human nature