I might have become a minor celebrity but royalty checks were a long way off.

Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.

I've tried to help a lot of young artists get started.

I believe it is possible to tell what sign some people were born under by watching their eyes, watching how they walk, how they talk.

In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.

What we don't need in country music is divisiveness, public criticism of each other, and some arbitrary judgement of what belongs and what doesn't.

Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing.