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

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

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

I could have done a hundred songs, really. It was hard to narrow them down, because I tried to pick songs for the most part that actually did have some effect on me or influenced me in the past.

Did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones and pray for the ones who don't know? Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble, and sob for the ones left below?

Growing up in Georgia, I used to think people up north or out west were so different. They're really not. They're just regular people who live in small towns. They grow up and try to raise families and have a job and go to church and play softball. It's that way everywhere.

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.