I can't keep somebody from being a star, and I can't make somebody a star, and nobody can.

I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be 'sexy,' even before I knew what the word was.

I write anywhere. I'm always banging around on the dashboard. Whatever I'm doing. I can make music out of anything. Whenever a song hits me, I'll pick some sort of melody or rhythm out on it, and kind of enhance the song.

I have a tendency to be awfully big-hearted and it's very hard for me to say no, even when I need to.

I love writing every song I can like a little mini movie. I like to have a character, or some characters, and really paint a picture with the song.

I always thought that if I made it big or got successful at what I had started out to do, that I wanted to come back to my part of the country and do something great, something that would bring a lot of jobs into this area.

I'm in the public eye, so I don't care who knows what I get done. If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I get it sucked, tucked, or plucked.