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

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

The risks are 'How country can you go?' rather than 'How rock can you take it?'

Being an entertainer includes knowing how to connect with an audience.

The passion for doing music, the passion that I have for going out and playing it live - my love for country music is back.

The way that I am now, I don't want to accept mediocrity. I don't want to accept the easy road.

Music is also supposed to be fun. On this record, (titled 'III'), I really had the desire again to jump back into some good-time, fun-loving songs.