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 had several working-man songs that I like.

I've had to live with women all my life. I grew up with four older sisters, and I was the baby and the only boy.

To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville. Looks can go, fads can go, but a good song lasts forever.

What I enjoy doing more than anything is, I have my little antique car collection, and when the weather is pretty I like to get out one of my old cars. I have a little route I run down in the country, down Nachez Trace Parkway. The loop down through there is just really relaxing, not much traffic.

I don't like politics, hypocrites, folks with poodles.

Oklahoma's always been good to me.