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I grew up around writers. And it's all about attention to detail.

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I can't begin to tell you how much my heart is breaking with what's going on in Louisiana. I haven't even begun to be able to deal with he loss of my mother, and now I'm dealing with the loss of the city my mother grew up in.

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The man I lived with is a Christian, so I would talk to him about it. What would this person do in the Bible What's the story around this person Generally, when people talk about characters in the Bible, there's one thing they're known for, like Job.

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I'm fascinated by the whole concept of snake handling. When you read about the Pentecostal snake handlers, what strikes you the most is their commitment.

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Any time there's a major change, whether it's going into a relationship, getting out of a relationship, moving to a new city, a death -- that usually provides a catalyst for an explosion of creativity.

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I mean, whose songs don't focus on tragedy and loss

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People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness.

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I just like to kiss and hug people That's what I do I'm physical

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We've done about a half-dozen of these shows together over the years, and from the first time, it seemed special. It felt comfortable to me, because I was used to sitting around with dad and some of his writer cronies in the living room, playing songs and him reading a couple of poems. I have fond memories of those evenings when we'd be sitting around and I would be asked to play. I might play a Hank Williams song or something like that, and he'd talk about the time he met Hank Williams.

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There's this process that comes about in writing a song where you just stop and see where it can go. Generally, a song will stay with the same idea. I might be thinking about a particular person, for instance. Then it will kind of go from there. And maybe by the end of the song, it will become something more universal.

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I started writing more with my voice in mind.

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I've had trouble being in relationships and writing. This has been a real problem for me. I don't know if it's because I'm not free to fantasize or create these fantasy things about other people.

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The old jazz singers or old blues singers, you always just saw them kind of sitting down and singing. They weren't worried as much about their voice sounding perfect. They would make the song kind of fit their voice.

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Some of their best songs don't have bridges and choruses. So that made me think I should trust my instincts. My songs were okay, I figured. I didn't need to change anything.

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I don't mean to complain. I wouldn't trade my life for anything.

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I just broke up with my boyfriend, and I've been spending more time alone than I'd like.

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You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready.

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I am trying to get right with God. I'm sort of making a statement about the excessiveness.

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I feel a lot more comfortable being me these days. I'm constantly told that my work is good. A lot of fans and a lot of other artists say my songs and albums mean a lot to them. Isn't that what's important

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I feel like it's really kind of a sit-down album, much in the same way I imagine Billie Holiday or someone sitting down in the studio and singing.

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I grew up in a very literate, very independent household where people spoke their ideas and were very supportive of helping each other find their own way.

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I guess you could write a good song if your heart hadn't been broken, but I don't know of anyone whose heart hasn't been broken.

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I have such a great band. We had played all this material on the road. I just wanted to let it fly.

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I have to try different things to see what works best. Other people get impatient with that.

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I usually have an idea of how I want a song to sound, but I don't always know how to get there.

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