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.

The almighty dollar and the lust for world wide fame, slowly killed tradition, and for that someone should hang.

I discovered in college that country music could be fun adding some swing to it.

Even though I've been doing it for so long, I still feel fresh. Even when I walk out on stage, I still feel pretty much the same as I've always felt.

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.

I was a young troubadour when I rode in on a song. And, I'll be an old troubadour when I'm gone.

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.