One of the biggest challenges for me is that I'm still a human being. I'm a very imperfect human being. I'm very open about the fact that I'm not trying to pretend to be better than anyone else.
My dad raised me on everything from his music to Stevie Wonder to A Tribe Called Quest. I learned the 'Midnight Marauders' album in and out.
I just am really bad at making new friends - especially in the music industry, because they're not really real friends; they're just music industry friends.
If I talk to a new guy, it's because the old guy bores me, and I already wrote a bunch of songs about him.
To the outside world, I was pretty bad at everything my whole life. People didn't credit me for my musicianship.
As far as songwriting, I'm not sure if they wrote all of their own stuff, but I love the Dixie Chicks.