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 recorded the song 'Believers' because I feel the song has a strong and much needed message. We all need encouragement and something to believe in.

That's what we need nowadays, is more children that have goals other than being a sports figure or some kind of celebrity. I think it's great that a kid wants to learn more and wants to be at the peak of learning, especially at that young.

I think it is a huge honor to get to go play for the troops who have been working their tails off for several years, some with several tours under their belt.

Our agricultural colleges continue to graduate specialists who become vocational agricultural teachers in the schools, and county agents, who go forth to extol the virtues of poison insecticides, herbicides, and commercial fertilizers.

I don't think there's anything wrong with singing a song and having fun with it.

I was probably nine or ten the first time I heard there was no Santa Claus.