A tour bus, a rock band and the clothes on my back. It's real heart-breaking to see the place that you grew up, the place that you've identified with all your life going through such chaos.

Eventually, one day, we'll have to stop — whether that's next year or in 20 years. I just want to make sure to have a whole pocketful of memories.

Our fans are pretty respectful. They can get a little nutty.

Saying his workers would subsidize enhanced payments for police and fire, I think that is very false.

Anybody can come to our shows and have fun.

The Cowboy Mouth thing is so much bigger than just the people in the band. Everybody is just in it together.

That's what New Orleans does. It's part of our DNA, the whole idea of going a little crazy to keep yourself sane.

Both songs were just reactions to what happened down there. You just try to express what happens to you in life, through your music or poetry or whatever.

Being the songwriter that I am, the easiest way to translate what you're doing for people is to give them hooks, something to latch on to, something they can sing themselves.