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

If you like good ol' fashion Southern soul food then, yes, I am a good cook! My specialty is chicken dumplings and poke salad.

Our own freewill, to choose the paths we take, no greater deed could ever be done than for another's sake.

I'm gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that kind of musician and singer.

If I have one more facelift I'll have a beard!

I think country music is popular - has been popular and will always be popular because I think a lot of real people singing about a lot of real stuff about real people. And it's simple enough for people to understand it. And we kind of roll with the punches.

I was very honored to get to be part of 'American Idol.'