Nothing ventured, nothing gained, sometimes you've got to go against the grain.

The blues will be blue, and the jealousies green, but when love picks its color it demands to be seen.

I feel my job as an artist is to drive people to country radio. That's my job as a country artist. So these streaming places, especially these on-demand streaming places, where you can just push a button and hear it as many times as you want, like YouTube, any of that stuff, that's taking all the ears away from country radio.

If I have any talent at all it's from God, and my mom, who was on Capitol Records also.

I remember in the '80s, Randy Travis was my guy. He's the reason I moved to Nashville, and I just loved him. But at some point when he was winning everything, you find yourself pulling for other people.

I understand that music is a business, but for people who have control of their stuff, like little Taylor and other artists, I think you'll find them standing up for their music every chance they get.

No one will ever touch Elvis