I think the Lord gives us everything we can handle, nothing more.

My first record deal was an independent record deal back in 1995 or early 1996.

The biggest question I have is if you're a rock singer or a rock 'n' roll band, or if you're a pop singer if you've made your way in another genre of music and now you want to make a country record, why? That's my question. Why?

I think every artist would love to just please themselves musically all day long.

When you find great songs, and somehow you get a spark in a little way, it can become brand new.

The Dalai Lama's entire being is about peace and harmony, forgiveness and self-discipline. Those are qualities to be admired. I am really looking forward to meeting His Holiness.

It doesn't really matter to me what the rest of country is doing. I'm not caught up in trying to make a record that sounds like everybody else. That, to me, is a record label's absolute biggest downfall.