I Agree: Americans Can Be

I Get More Respect From Rap Artists Than I Do From My Own Industry. I Don't Always Write The Kind Of Music That Country Executives Want. Rappers Are Like That Too .. My Words Come From The Street, And Their Words Come From The Street. That Slicked-up Pop Stuff Doesn't Come From The Street, It's All Pre-fab.

Hate Me If You Want To, Love Me If You Can.

I Was Raised In Bars. My Grandmother Had One, And When I Was 12 Years Old I'd Go Stay With Her And That's Where I Got To Watch Her Band Play -- She Had A Seven Or Eight-piece Band, And I Would Sit In The Kitchen And Peek Through The Door. I Was Kind Of A 12-year-old Bottle Washer.

Kids On The Youtube, Learning How To Be Cool.

You Know, I'm Pro-troops, But I'm Not Pro-war.