We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other on the guitars. It seemed the more everyone drank and ate, the more everyone got into it.

I've always said I've wanted to be around forever. I never wanted to be the latest, greatest thing. I want to be like Willie Nelson - touring when I'm 70. To do that, you can't be the latest, greatest thing because those things fizzle out.

Country was about character. Country's changed because of monsters like Clear Channel who bought up all the stations and sliced them up into formats. Our demographic is now the soccer mom.

If you date a musician, you're never, ever really gonna be first either. You're gonna be right behind the music and maybe right close.

Every storm runs, runs out of rain

My goal is to hit the gym every day I'm on vacation. Usually I just end up sleeping and drinking beer.

Every storm runs out of rain, just like every dark night turns into day.