I think that all my albums are different enough where I don't feel like I did this the last time.

You know, legends are people like Haggard and Jones and Wills and Sinatra. Those people are legends. I'm just a young buck out here trying to keep in that same circle with the rest of 'em.

I don't think my music's as traditional as people make it out.

You've got to keep the stage world and your real world separated or you're headed for trouble.

I ain't rich, but Lord I'm free. Amarillo by morning, Amarillo is where I'll be.

I always enjoy it when I walk on stage. There were some times when I was working so much in the '80s, and I felt really burnt-out. But I'd be up there singing and not be 10,000 million miles away, you know, just opening my mouth and the words coming out.

My weakness for beautiful women is my most expensive vice, I still believe in matrimony, but I can't afford another try.