I wore bell bottoms in elementary school. Never wore elephant bells. Remember, this was middle Oklahoma in the '70s.

True country music is honesty, sincerity, and real life to the hilt.

You see in all my life I've never found what I couldn't resist, what I couldn't turn down. I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can't walk away from you.

The cool thing about passion is that no matter how good or bad a day you're having, tomorrow's going to be better because passion finds some way of doubling itself.

The crazy thing about it is she'd take him back, but the fool in him that walked out is the fool who just won't ask.

I'm not sure how we exist, as an artist, without country radio.

Any time I'm in a moving thing, like an airplane, I'm usually asleep before we even get on our way.