I'm a little more comfortable in that role. I love being in the studio.

I love the beginnings of artists when all they've got is raw talent and nothing else.

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.

I'm a little more comfortable in that role. I love being in the studio.

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.'

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

From the cradle to the grave, temptations all around. But no matter how good the fix, its gonna take you down.