The only thing I do to my bat is put some tape around the handle to build it up a little bit because I broke my finger about six years ago and can't really close it the way I want to. Other than that, the same bat, same Louisville Sluggers.
Baltimore was like a small town when I got there - the Colts, the Orioles, guys like Frank Robinson, we all knew and respected each other. Everyone would cross paths at one point at Lenny Moore's Sportsman's Lounge, trading stories and having some fun.
I'm a very low-key person, but for some reason, I like to act out.
I've been a very lucky guy. I played on championship teams. I played for Canada. I've won some awards and I'm very proud of those accomplishments. But I don't think there's anything greater than to come home and to be recognized at home. This is the pinnacle.
This idea that somehow or another, every idea on its face, because it's an idea, has some validity is ludicrous.
There's some kind of dark symbiosis between lunatics and the Postal Service.
I'll live a lush life in some small dive.
David Allan Coe actually went to jail one time. Some fan cursed Lynyrd Skynyrd, and David Allan Coe kicked his teeth in. He ran and kicked a guy's teeth in for saying something about Lynyrd Skynyrd.
I'm a Republican myself, though I think there are actually some Democrats in Lynyrd Skynyrd.
There's a heavy hip-hop influence in my music, some trap influence, but it's always lyrical.
My lyrics aren't offensive. Some people find everything offensive.
I'm just some lunatic macaroni mushroom, is that it?
Machiavelli had some cold tricks for people who wanted to be demagogues and wanted to take over the world.
I'm sure some cynical people would point to that as the main reason for doing it for a lot of people.
When I look at public opinion, I'm not far out of the mainstream. I'm in it, in many respects. In some respects, public opinion goes beyond anything I've ever said.
No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.
As far as being on a major label, some labels get it and get what they have to do, and some labels don't. I don't think the label I'm on necessarily gets it, but I think over time they're gonna have to.
Not many people get to the major leagues and succeed right away. There are some struggles. Everyone seems to struggle.
For some reason, I can really tune in in the majors, and I have no idea why. They really get my attention.
In some cases, if you are not happy with a certain scenario, you have to give it a makeover, you know?
