As a guitar player, it's harder for me to impress somebody than it is to write a song that they like.

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.

Jackass millionaires, hey, hey, Hollywood, here we come.

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 have a to-do list and I have a farm I care for, and things I like to do for fun - going to movies and all that stuff. It's a painfully normal life!

When Ray Flacke came out, it was like 'What in the heck is this?' ... there's a guy who had that Tele players attitude, and he plugged straight into that amp with a delay, and it was unbelievable the way he would bend those big strings ... he was really unique.