In the early days, Porter Wagoner would not exactly scold me, but he's say, 'You're writing too many damn verses. You're makin' these songs too damn long.' And I'd say, 'Yeah, but I'm tellin' a story. I have a story to tell.' And he'd say, 'Well, you're not going to get it on the radio.' If I start writing a song, I'm writing it for a reason. People would say that I had to have two verses, and a chorus, and a bridge. I tried to learn that formula.

People always ask me how long it takes to do my hair. I don’t know, I’m never there.

When I got somethin' to say, I'll say it.

Depression runs in my family on both sides, and I have to be wary.

I've enjoyed all the parts of my career.

Well, I do listen to God for direction, but I really don't have time to listen to other artists all that much.

I have little feet because nothing grows in the shade.