The reason you write [songs] is because there's something you want to say that is important to you - enough to go through all the torture of writing.

Yes, I always say that were a National League band. What I mean is, if you play an instrument, you have to sing. So I always call our drummer up. Even the drummer has to take a turn on the microphone.

The world has lost a legend, and I have lost a friend. Johnny Cash was the rare soul who could be both.

I really believe that we have a responsibility, almost a sacred responsibility, to the animals that share this planet with us.

It's basically a city of songwriters and that's what gives it it's strength, that's what gives it its lasting ability. You've got people making all different kinds of music and that's what attracts me to Nashville as Music City.

You have to grow up, start paying the rent and have your heart broken before you understand country.

It's just a sound, and a feeling that's in the music. And you either hear it and appreciate it, or you don't.