Even in your darkest moments, you'll think of something that'll crack you up.

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.

I try to write like the writers I admire - I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase... So Im always looking for that angle in my own work.

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.

Alison Krauss is definitely my favorite singer that's ever lived. I've never heard anyone like her.

Guitar playing isn't really for everybody.

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