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 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 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.

So it's probably eighty percent luck and twenty percent skill.

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.

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