Somebody that comes and dumps a brand-new album on me and doesn't play the old stuff, I'm pissed!

There's a difference between knowing what's on the page in a history book and actually feeling that page have curves and valleys.

But you've got to be tough when consumed by desire, cause it's not enough just to stand outside the fire.

I want to get within myself and write. I really, really want to write.

Singles are your safest songs on the records. Ones that piss fewer people off, that appeal more to the masses.

Sometimes you just can't be afraid to wear a different hat. If Columbus had complied, this whole world might still be flat.

You know Nashville, there's people that are ten times more talented than me, ten times better singer than me, song writer than me, but for some reason you get the ball and now - and now you run with it. And you do the best you can.