If anything good came out of 9/11, to me, was that people were so cynical about the world - all you hear about on the news is all the bad stuff everyday, but what was refreshing to me was after that, you saw how many good people there are out there. For every one bad one, there's a thousand good ones.

A lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song... somebody will come in with a hook and a lot of times they come out with something that sounds a little crafty.

It's a scary word, 'cancer.'

I mean, my voice has gotten a little deeper sounding as I've gotten older, I think. I noticed that.

I've always said that if you have songs on the radio and get played, you've got to have a tour to support that.

I'm usually just enjoying life.

I've always stood up for country music.