I'm A Songwriter. My Voice Just Serves

Being In Vietnam Changed Him [johnny Cash] Fundamentally. He Was Devastated When We Went Into Iraq.

Like Thornton Wilder Said, Time Is Not A River, But Rather A Landscape That You Step In And Out Of. I've Always Found That True Of Creative Work, And I've Heard So Many Songwriters And Writers In General Say The Same Thing... When You're Going Into The Realms Of Your Self And Trying To Tap Into The Mystery Of This Creative Source, Linear Time Kind Of Falls Away.

He [johnny Cash] Was So Fragile. We Invaded Iraq In March, And He Died In September. And Because His Health Was So Fragile, He Couldn't Take The Controversy Of Making A Public Statement Against The War. He Knew That People Were Rabid. They Attacked Me Mercilessly After I Did The Press Conference With Musicians United To Win Without War. He Knew That He Couldn't Tolerate That.

The Key To Change Is To Let Go Of Fear.

I'm A Songwriter. My Voice Just Serves What I'm Writing About. So To Let All That Go, I Mean, Bring The Sensibilities Of It Actually To The Song Choices, But To Just Be The Interpreter Was Incredibly Liberating And Really Fun.