I would say, 'Go ask any couple that's been married for 30, 40, 50 years... It hasn't always been roses.'

I love fried okra. The fact that it's okra makes me feel like it's good for you - I forget the fact that it's fried.

You have record companies that sign acts that they think are great, and then they never do anything. Acts that they don't think are really going to do much end up having a career. I don't think anyone really knows what it is that drives somebody to get on their computer and want to download a song.

There's a lot of people I'd love to work with at some point, but I think the song has to be the right thing. It has to be the right fit.

I think great songs can come from anywhere and you constantly have to be able to look out for those. I think a lot of the times people will try too hard to write everything themselves and therefor miss out on great songs that way.

If you can go out with your live show and turn people on to that, where you have that fan base that's religious and they're going to come see you when you're in that town, once your radio success is gone and you're not a mainstream guy anymore you can still go out and play your shows.

I had no idea 'Big Green Tractor' was going to be as big a hit as it was. You just can't predict those things.