Today's business climate is not for me.
This is to the world and how god damn beautiful it is.
It's your 21st birthday. . . What are you doing sober at the front row of a concert? Is it your 21st birthday? By the end of the night I promise. . . we will get you drunk, my friend.
I've found that falling doesn't always leave you fallen for.
I can say for the first time that I am not afraid, and while this is a feeling that can undoubtedly change with time, I feel cradled by this universe and the immense love that comes from it.
There's no certainty to the next couple of years, but people are paying attention now. And I want to put out a record when people are paying attention, because that's when it has the best chance of being heard.
People in the hospital. . . call me the wellest man on the ward. That's what's going to sustain me. I have these energy reserves that I somehow can't seem to deplete.
What? You’d dare drink right after getting out of jail for intoxication?” That’s when you need a drink the most.
There were so many lean years. A lot of lean years.
My dad would give me $10, which is a lot of money when you're 9, to sing at church, on tables at restaurants, at family functions, just about anywhere.
Although they are some of the hardest working folks I know, rural Americans earn, on average, $11,000 less than their urban counterparts each year. And they are more likely to live in poverty.