I didn't want my records to sound like anybody else, and when I've got my guys in the studio, I have a language with those guys because we work together every day. A lot of times, you bring in outside guys, studio players, whatever, and they're great musicians. It's just that they don't necessarily play the way I want it to be played.

If the right thing comes along and you get an opportunity to be a part of something you believe in, and you think it's cool and want to put your name on it, then you should.

You're not going to hear me singing songs about Wall Street because I don't know anything about that.

My golf score is really bad. I don't know. I'm definitely not a good golfer. Off the tee box, I can drive it about 275, and I'm in the fairway about 99% of the time. It's my next shot that needs work.

I have a love of baseball and a love of music.

I think country music is obviously a great form of music. I think it's cool and has mass appeal.

I didn't get into music to become famous and I didn't get into music to become rich either - I got into because I liked it.