You go to LA, or you go to New York, and it's really fun to go there. But they're not grounded. Everybody is just competing all the time for the limelight. It's too much entertainment industry. There are too many choices. And it's distracting to me.

Mediocrity's easy, the good things take time, the great need commitment.

Set yourself the bolder course. Keep your heart an open shrine.

I really like the thing I did with Martina McBride. I had that song sitting around for a long time.

Out past the cornfields where the woods got heavy, out in the back seat of my '60 Chevy. Workin' on mysteries without any clues, workin' on our night moves.

I like people to just bring it to the table and feel the moment. And that's why I've never done a session where I don't sing live.

I used her and she used me, but neither one cared, we were getting our share.