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

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 listen to Mark Chestnutt and think he's a great singer - and he really does good material.

You will always be the miracle that makes my life complete. And as long as there is breath in me, I'll make yours just as sweet.

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

You know, traditional country music is something that's going to be around forever.

I love to fish offshore for billfish, and have fished all over for them from the Bahamas, St. Thomas, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico to the Texas gulf. I haven't made it to Australia yet, but someday I'm going.