The values my mother taught me were like, if you're going to do something, don't half-ass it. I remember her literally saying that to me. Like the first time I ever heard the term half-ass was coming from my mother's lips. I was probably 8 or 9. If you're going to do something, go ahead and throw 115 percent at it, and if you get 100 percent back, well, there you go - you're perfect.

I think it's the first idea I ever got about doing something on my own, because it was the first time I have ever really felt the confidence to do it.

I think people sometimes don't pay enough attention to what they do. I've done well, but the reason is pretty simple: I've worked my ass off. The toughest thing a performer can do is make it look as if it comes easy.

You can say things a million times, but if you can't sing it, then it really isn't much of a song.

I believe in things I can count on, like beer and ESPN and my grandmother's pecan pie.

True love, to me, is when she's the first thought that goes through your head when you wake up and the last thought that goes through your head before you go to sleep.

You have a lot of time on these tours. As Alice Cooper said, you can either drink all day or golf.