Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I'm learning the value of saying no. That's very important.

Well the country songs themselves are three-chord stories, ballads which are mostly sad. If you are already feeling sorry for yourself when you listen to them they will take you to an even sadder place.

I believe that all roads lead to the same place - and that is wherever all roads lead to.

Cruelty is all out of ignorance. If you knew what was in store for you, you wouldn't hurt anybody, because whatever you do comes back much more forceful than you send it out.

The idea flow from the human spirit is absolutely unlimited. All you have to do is tap into that well. I don't like to use the word efficiency. It's creativity. It's a belief that every person counts.

For me, the aim of making any film like this, any film about an artist, would be to send you back to the art.

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

It can become an exercise in trying to get the reader to like and admire you instead of an exercise in creative art.