I married a woman who's not going to take anything. No slips. She's very accountable, and she holds me very accountable.

Winning the ACM, winning the CMA, my first time on the Opry and having Grammy nominations were all a big deal to me.

Sometimes you have to listen to other people, and see what the audiences want. That's what entertaining is about.

Performing for the Dalai Lama - those are words I never imagined coming out of my mouth.

I've certainly had to bite my tongue on occasion and live to fight another day, so to speak, on certain things. But when you're new and fresh, you come out and think, 'I don't want to screw my chance up, so I'll go along with what everybody else does.'

I believe there's things all around us that make you do good things and some that make you do bad things.

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.