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

You hope your buddies will win so you don't have to loan them any money.

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

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.

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

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.