Most people in Georgia have a place in the hills for when it gets too hot in the city. We have good friends who own a place by a beautiful little river and the houses are full of hammocks.
The landscape of Texas is in all my work. It's that light; it's that sky.
Here in Austin, Texas, we live in sort of rolling hill country. And I get on my mountain bike, just cruise the hills, get on the trails.
I'm from Texas.
I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
I consider myself a Texan. I grew up in Texas and Oklahoma.
I lived in Texas for 10 years.
I always love to come to Austin.
Here's the deal on Texas. It's big. So big, there's about five distinct and different places here, separated from one another geologically, topographically, botanically, ethnically, culturally, and climatically.
I love Texas itself. The landscape is remarkable. The combination of cultures here is incredible. And the history here is pretty remarkable, too, going back centuries.
The thing about Texas is that it's a little larger than life.
I don't care if I never see Texas again.
Saying you're from Texas makes you kind of proud.
In the hill country, civilization steals in last, and the people retain much of the crude but vigorous mode of expression of the colonial days and earlier.
