You just write about things that happen.

As long as I'm still able to have a hit on the radio and sell a few albums and some tickets, I don't see that it would be worth retiring.

Pour me something tall and strong, make it a Hurricane before I go insane. It's only half past twelve but I don't care, it's 5 O'clock somewhere.

I've always stood up for country music.

You think a lot of people get to be big stars and get a little crazy, but most of the ones I've ever met have always been surprisingly normal, and I've enjoyed that.

Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?

Love is stolen in the shadows of the night. Though it's wrong all along, it keeps going on as long as they keep it out of sight.