Hank Cochran was a man of very few words, but certainly the words that he chose were the right ones to use.

I feel pretty used by the music industry, in that my contracts are written in such a way that I don't get paid. And that makes me wanna quit working for whoever thinks it is that I work for them. But I've clearly got a job that I can't quit.

Blackberry Smoke is my favorite band!

I write because it makes God happy that I write. I sing because it makes God happy that I sing. And if it makes God's people happy, then all the better. But if it fails to do so, it's probably my fault.

Even a song on the radio that completely lacks substance is there for a reason. Sometimes, people need a break from cold reality; the song that you really don't have to put that much thought power into can be just as entertaining as something that might take you on a three- or four-minute cruise through the depth of reality.

And as long as man has walked on this Earth, there has been God. And man's purpose is for the glorification of God.

A Hank Cochran song in the studio is spiritual. It's like singing a hymn in a church.