The fan base that I've had all these years has come along. Some of them are not as plugged into the digital world, so they want to go out and buy the CD at Walmart or something.

The older you are, I think you realize what you enjoy and what you don't need, what wears you out and what's important.

I think every album you have, especially if it's done well, you feel like you're competing with yourself.

I've had several working-man songs that I like.

If you just do 50 to 60 shows a year, it's not that much time away from home.

It's a scary word, 'cancer.'

I like to write sad songs. They're much easier to write and you get a lot more emotion into them. But people don't want to hear them as much. And radio definitely doesn't; they want that positive, uptempo thing.