I'm not a guy who can go in and go, "Hey, are we doing right or wrong?" I just do it. And whatever it is, it is.

The evolution of the music is what allows it to survive.

I think too many people, if you are 46 you want to look 36, and if you're 36 you want to look 26. I didn't want to do that. I've earned the gray hairs. So I wanted to show that level of honesty.

Now me and my brother go to see him some times but he don't have much to say anymore. So we sit on his headstone with a fifth of Jack D. Here's to a long line of sinners like me.

The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let those ideas come to you.

Country fans are the best fans out there because of the loyalty, and the way that they apply your music to every aspect of their life.

Music's cyclical. There's always that next generation that always comes along.