Sleepin' in the truck wasn't so bad. Shoot, I kind of liked that, myself.

I can remember sittin in a cafe when I first started in rodeo, and waitin until somebody got done so I could finish what they left.

I always was one who didn't take things for granted. But I think I do appreciate things more now. The small moments of joy that we find each day are so much more precious now than when I looked at them before.

I only won $250 all summer. And then I got crippled. I had a horse step on me while performing and it was messed up for a while.

Why not just do something a little more on the gentle side?

I don't know what makes a guy want to write songs and sing, but if you've got a message, you want to get it across. When I come up with an idea about the way I feel, I can really state it strongly in a song.

And takin' a bath in the creek. That's the stuff that really made it worthwhile. Anybody can stay in a motel.