Country music originates with the colloquial, rural aspects of white America. It's really, truly, rural white America's blues.

I like order. It allows me to have chaos in my head.

Buddy , you might think that I've lost my mind. But mister, I'd pay twice to do it one more time.

The congregation that I was raised in was one that sang and a non-instrumental fashion. It was all a cappella singing, and so that had a major influence on me.

I quit eating red meat a long time ago. I'm a vegetarian, but not by a moral issue or any kind of stand. I still eat dairy. And I quit eating sugar about the same time I quit eating red meat, but I eat fruit.

As an artist, you have to maintain focus and eliminate the distraction of second-guessing yourself based on the opinions of others.

I am probably the last of a generation able to gain an education in country music by osmosis, by sitting in a '64 Ford banging the buttons on the radio.