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.

Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark.

Rock Band never got anybody a date. Never.

The nice thing about the world that I've been able to inhabit for the last couple of years is that I'm given a lot of freedom. Not all artists really get that.

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'm a last-minute shopper. I end up at the mall or somewhere on Christmas Eve. It's a shame.

Today she met me at the door, said I would have to choose, if I picked up that fishing rod today, she'd be packing all her things and she'd be gone by noon....well I'm gonna miss her when I get home tonight.