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.

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.

I hope I'm at least half the dad that he didn't have to be.

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

I changed my mindset and figured, Why not try to be really entertaining instrumentally?

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

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