I didn't want to be 40 or 50 years old and still playing clubs, I didn't feel like I was making any progress, and I actually gave the band notice at one point. I began to have doubts about my abilities.

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.

Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys are simply the best band that ever was.

I'm not out there trying to change the world. I'm just out there trying to sing country music the best way I can.

I'm not the hero who will always save the day, don't always wear a white hat, don't always know the way. I may not even be the dream you wanted to come true, but I'll always be the man in love with you.

I discovered in college that country music could be fun adding some swing to it.

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