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.

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.

When I was in high school, I don't know that I really had big dreams.

I always try to make the music that I like and think my fans will like.

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

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.

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.