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

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

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.

When every memory has been made and the pages start to fade. And every prayer you ever prayed is heaven bound. When you think the ride is over, you're back at the beginning. Love is never-ending.

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.

Anytime you do something from the heart, people just know it.