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

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

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

Let me tell you a secret about a father's love,/A secret that my daddy said was just between us.”/He said, “Daddies don't just love their children every now and then./It's a love without end, amen, it's a love without end, amen.

I'm always looking for great songs, and not being much of a songwriter, I depend on great songwriters to send them to me. I go through tons of stuff, and sometimes you just find material that kind of fits and becomes something special.

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