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" I would make a terrible soldier, because I don't follow orders. "

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" I think I'll always draw from being a person that doesn't know how to have a normal life, whatever a normal life is. "

" They send women into combat without being prepared for women in combat. The men resented them being there, and it was just very, very difficult for them, and they had to fight for the respect they were earning. And that's all they want is the respect. "

" When you see validation for a life's work and dedication, it's a beautiful day. "

" It is a form of arrogance to assume that other people are even thinking about you. "

" A lot of songwriters have written about soldiers and war, but very few have written with them. "

" I came to music and knowing a little bit about life, and I came to music knowing a lot about business - and that's a real advantage. By the time I came to music, I had purchased real estate, opened restaurants, and been in the business world, so the music business didn't blindside me. "

" War is hell. Sending young people to conflicts that are unwinnable and unresolvable - it puts them in a position where they're going to suffer. And yet their experience is that they're proud of their service, and they should be. Service freely rendered is a noble thing. "

" I think we're very much in a mystery here in this life and that artists try to pierce the mystery with their art. "

" I try not to eat cakes, but sugar screams my name. "

" Songs are here to help us: they build bridges from heart to heart. "

" When I became a songwriter, it was out of some sort of desperation. I needed to create something. I had to latch on to something, and the guitar was what I grabbed. "

" I think music is the highest form of healing. "

" I don't know who my dad is. "

" When I finally got sober, I moved towards what I might have been if I hadn't been destroying myself when I was young. "

" In my early years, I couldn't find a community. I couldn't find anybody like me. I felt so isolated. There was nothing but shame and loneliness. "

" Recovery stabilized me; songwriting gave me a purpose. "

" In a lot of ways, songwriting helped save my life. "

" What I really like is this salted calamari - with jalapenos on top. "

" There's an ocean of misunderstanding. It's called the civilian-military divide. I had a lot to learn about our military - who they are, what burdens they carry. "

Misunderstanding

" There's such a thing as a tribe - and family of choice. "

" What I've found at 48 years old is that there's nothing about me that's unique. "

" There's a universal inside of me. So if I tell my story, you're going to see parts of your story in it. I don't know which parts, but we all overlap. We're all very much alike. "

" I feel as though I came to music with something to say. It wasn't like that when I was younger. I didn't have the ability to articulate what it was I wanted to say. "

" I think if people really listened to what our families who serve go through, we could have a realistic discussion of what it means to send young people to war. "

" I've come to terms with the fact that I'll probably be in therapy all of my life. "

" I don't play everything I write. I mean, everything I write is not that good. I bring out into the world the ones I think that are really worthy of an audience's attention. "

" Fundamentally, our job as songwriters is to sit down and listen. "

" I spent my 18th birthday in jail. Charges were dropped as long as I promised never to return to the state of Kansas. My parents took me home to Louisiana. I lasted there a week. Then I ran away. "

" Music and books, I think, were the two things I trusted the most as a child - songs and books. "