Country music has become the music that best represents the reality of American life.

I imagine there's a market for total depression. I grew up on George Jones and that really dark stuff.

There ain't a woman in the world that wants to hear the word yes when she asks if you think that she looks chubby in that dress. And if she cooks all day you better eat it with a smile; it doesn't matter if it tastes just like bad gravy on a Goodyear tire.

That there's no more important decision in life than who you marry.

Guitar playing isn't really for everybody.

If I get an idea for a song, I have a melody for it. I'm a musician first. I'm not limited by the fretboard.

I can't see this world unless I go/ outside my southern comfort zone.