I Want To Do Some Fiction Writing,

I Write A Lot From Instinct. But As You're Writing Out Of Instinct, Once You Reach A Certain Level As A Songwriter, The Craft Is Always There Talking To You In The Back Of Your Head...that Tells You When It's Time To Go To The Chorus, When It's Time To Rhyme. Real Basic Craft... It's Second Nature.

I See Interracial Couples All The Time In Nashville. I'm A Jew In Nashville. I'm A Gay Person In Nashville. It's A Non-issue In Most Of The Time. That's A Huge Leap Forward.

I Was Interviewed For A Grammy Television Show, And They Asked Me About Nashville, And I Talked For Three Minutes And When I Finished, I Was Teared Up. The Whole Room Was Crying. Nashville Has Given Me A Home, Where I Never Had A Home Before.

I Bought All My Friends Guitars And I Had A Good Time With My Money. But Then One Day The Irs Came Knocking.

I Had A Vague Idea Of The Song's Impact In The '60s, But That Was Tempered By The Hate Mail And Threats I Was Receiving. It Was Only About Ten Years Ago, When I Finally Put It Back In My Show Because So Many People Were Asking For It, That I Understood 'society's Child' Real Impact.