People are looking for something a little more stable; people are feeling like they need to get closer to God.

The bible says, 'All things are possible.' I believe that.

I think the fact that I look totally artificial, but I am totally real, has its own kind of magic in it.

Every day I pray about all I do.

I don't have time to stand around and listen to an 11-minute song.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next. Find out who you are and do it on purpose.

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.