I tend to support and get behind issues instead of candidates, because of the whole 'Super Bowl' generalization of our world - You're on this side, I'm on that side; you're a Republican, I'm a Democrat; you're country music, I'm rock music.

My mother's a singer and my mother's father is a singer, and everyone on both sides are all country-western bluegrass musicians.

My advice to new artists is to embrace a broader concept of timelessness than vintage or retro.

So much of the way a singer physically damages their voice could be caused by stress or nerves. I would never be so brazen as to assume that it's the only problem but there's got to be a reason that a martial artist can harness enough peace to smash his head through a cinder block without leaving a scratch.

I feel like the kindest thing that I do to my voice is sing.

Every city has a town outside with a lake. I pull out my fishing pole and fish. I've been doing that for a long time.

But I'm warning you, we're growing up.