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'm healed up and I feel great. After going through the fire, it's great to be out performing again.

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.

When you get a little older, you think, I'd like to make a little money and stick it away or buy a place - or win the world championship.

You get to where you kind of like it, and It's a habit That's hard to break. I still find myself sittin' in a cafe, like a pizza parlor.

In fact my son subscribes to Pro Bull Rider magazine.

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