I get paid to lie to people as an actor. Country music is the one area that I don't lie. I tell the truth.

Football is my base; that's where I learned to be tough. I was a strong safety, and that's what I do: I hit people. The mentality is football, the wrestling is precision.

For the first five years of music and first five years of acting, I don't remember it because I was running to where I was going. Finally I was like, 'Man, I missed everything.' So I just stopped, and I started looking around.

You win the fight by fighting.

When you're playing country music, you have to tell the truth.

I have long hair because I'm American Indian. I'm an Oklahoma boy, and I'm very proud of my heritage.

When I'm writing songs, I write visually. When I'm writing the words down and I listen to the melody and the lyrics, I start seeing the video form. And if I can get through a song and from the beginning to the end have the whole video in my mind, I think that's a great song.