I got ex's all across the country and I owe everybody in town. I got bill collectors a callin' me up, and lawyers trying to track me down.

I can only say thank you and thanks also to all of the great songwriters who wrote those wonderful songs that became number ones.

I want to reach the point where people hear my name and immediately think of real country music.

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 son had toyed with the idea of writing and trying to write a little bit, so that kind of gave me the bug to write also.

Life's not breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away.

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.