Elvis was a way bigger influence than Waylon Jennings, but you don't wanna tell people, 'I never really listened to Waylon.'
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Both my grandfathers and my mother's brother were musicians.
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I knew I wanted to make a concept record in song-cycle form, like my favorite Marvin Gaye records where everything just continuously flows.
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I lived in Japan when I was younger for about two years. I spent my time equally between religiously studying Aikido in Shinjuku by day and hard partying in Shibuya and Roppongi by night.
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I could go back to the railroad. I liked that job.
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I'm just gonna write a record for my kid, and if people hate it, it doesn't matter.
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You can embrace nostalgia and history and tradition at the same time - it has to progress or it can't survive.
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Willie Nelson, Marty Robbins, Merle Haggard and Keith Whitley - guys like that were huge influences.
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I pretty much just hang out with the kid. I want, like three more, because that's all I ever want to do.