I need someone like me.

I didn't want to be 40 or 50 years old and still playing clubs, I didn't feel like I was making any progress, and I actually gave the band notice at one point. I began to have doubts about my abilities.

I'm not out there trying to change the world. I'm just out there trying to sing country music the best way I can.

I get asked sometimes 'What's the highlight of my career?' because I've been doing it for so long, and I always have a hard time coming up with something, because so many good things have happened.

I think the melody is the first time I hear in a song and if I like the melody, then I'll pay closer attention to the lyrics.

I get asked all the time, "What is a George Strait song?" I know it when I hear it. I don't seek a specific tempo or lyric or melody. It just has to make sense. Maybe it is natural because I was given the gift to sing.

On the Richter scale of love and romance, you've hit a twelve.