I don't want to be without God's blessings. If it's inconvenient, then it's just inconvenient. If somebody don't like it, then somebody just don't like it. That is part of me. That's who I am.

I do more writing by myself than with anybody else. My best thing is sitting...around somewhere with a guitar, and having an idea. You never know where it'd come from. Songwriting is a God-given talent.

I just thank God I can make a living doing something I enjoy as much as I do playing music.

If I can't take Jesus Christ with me, I don't want to go.

I had been on the road for a long time and was not really getting anywhere. Bob Johnston, a friend of mine, had taken over Columbia in Nashville. He asked me if I wanted to come down. I did - thank God I did.

He may look dumb, but that's just a disguise.

I wouldn't trade places with anybody in the world. I love what I do.