My father's record collection was all country. That's how I was exposed to it.

I make no apologies for being a huge fan of radio songs.

You go through life experiences. Each record captures a different turning point in my life.

Everybody needs somebody sometimes.

I'm grateful when anybody can start to have his or her limited perception of the genre open up a little bit. There's a lot of great music in the country genre that doesn't get heard because people say, 'Well, I don't like country.'

Nothing like seeing the genesis of the relationship between an instrument and a child.

It's something I've always loved doing. I'm not one of the artists who comes in and just does my bit. I'm there every second of every day. That's my hands-on situation.