I try to make an album that reflects what I love about country music. It's not just all about happy parties all the time. There are some sad songs.

Well, you can't be depressed and sad 24 hours a day.

'The Killing' has a really great combination of qualities: Even though it's very sad and deals with mourning and grief, it's still exciting. It's about real people and it doesn't shy from the painful points of life.

It's a sad day when a cartoon is doing more and cares more and pays more attention to the environment than our president.

I know that some endeavor to throw the mantle of romance over the subject and treat woman like some ideal existence, not liable to the ills of life. Let those deal in fancy who have nothing better to deal in we have to do with sober, sad realities, with stubborn facts.