Country music is important to me, and I love it, but it's not my whole life.

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've always liked Frank Sinata and Big Band music.

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

I just continue to look for different material, great material, as good as I can find, and try to go in there and do as good a job as I can do in making it a record. That's all you can expect. That's all that you can do.

From here on after let's stay the way we are right now. And share all the love and laughter that a lifetime will allow.