You'll pay the highest price on back roads and in back seats and in a cheap highway motel. But what's a few more strangers in a life of nothing else.

Wildflowers don't care where they grow.

I'm very proud of all the bluegrass-oriented albums. It just reminded me and my fans that I should always record acoustic music and country records, along with anything else that I might want to do.

I'd love to do a duet, always wanted to work with Madonna, but she never asked.

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

A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares... if you don't really work them.

I'll never harden my heart but I've toughened the muscles around it.