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.

In fact my son subscribes to Pro Bull Rider magazine.

You'll probably get three horses and you have to draw a good buckin' horse. That's mighty tough.

I really didn't go that hard, although a couple of years I did. Some guys work 125 to 130 rodeos a year. they're just goin' all the time.

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.

When I come up with an idea about the way I feel, I can really state it strongly in a song.

If you're lucky enough to draw a good horse, you still have to ride him, then the next ones. So It's probably 80 percent luck and 20 percent skill.