You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.

Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters.

There's no such thing as free love. Have you seen the price of Viagra?

I think everyone should be with who they love. I don't want to be controversial or stir up a bunch of trouble but people are going to love who they are going to love. I think gay couples should be allowed to marry. They should suffer just like us heterosexuals. Ha ha ha!

A gypsy told me I was going to do great things. I was going to make all kinds of money.

I think 9/11 affected everybody in one way or another.

My aunt in Knoxville would bring newspapers up, which we used for toilet paper. Before we used it, we'd look at the pictures.