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

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

This is real, this is your life in a song...this is country music.

When they say you're the best, I always remember that the majority of the audience probably thinks someone else should have gotten the award.

I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go.

I'm sure there are a few things in my CD collection that might surprise people. I like classical music, the blues, and I'm a big fan of alternative rock.

Playing live is about going for it .. it's about bringing it ... you should see a bunch of people trying out stuff, actually performing, instead of learning the record and recreating it note for note. I can't play the show the same way every night .. I really need to be in a creative environment, every night or I'll go nuts ... my manager accuses me of singing just long enough to get me to my next guitar solo - which is true.