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.

You can lead a heart to love, but you can't make it fall.

All my ex's live in Texas, And Texas is the place I'd dearly love to be, But all my ex's live in Texas, Therefore I reside in Tennessee

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 like people who are loyal to me, and I like to be loyal, too.

You've got to keep the stage world and your real world separated or you're headed for trouble.

I'm the luckiest man alive, this is the best day of my life.