I've never had a divorce, but I've seen so many of my friends, my sister, my family go through that stuff, so I try to write for the people that can't write about it. I take on their sorrow, so I'm able to kind of express it, or their joy.

When I do listen to music, I'm more prone to listen to the people I've always listened to: George Jones, Otis Redding, Alison Krauss and Emmylou Harris.

I'm just a person; I like to experience whatever the feeling is and whatever I'm going through.

Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee.

I was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs.

Wildflowers don't care where they grow.

So many of my relatives didn't get a chance to go to school, and my own Daddy couldn't read or write.