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.

Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics. Half of them I'd hear off the radio and was probably singing the wrong words and didn't even know it.

Making music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.

Hee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age, because there wasn't any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments.

You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time, just try to do music that you like and you are proud of and not just whatever you think it's going to take to get you on the radio.

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.

I've always stood up for country music.