I can say that I don't see myself with the foot on the gas pedal as hard as it's been down for 16 years.

I can stay on my boat for a few weeks if I have a guitar and a girl and a Bob Marley CD. After that, I've got to move around.

Social topics may hit too close to home for people, but then again, if you pull a heartstring, then that's what country music is. It's not just songs about getting drunk and leaving your girl.

My fans get enough politics on TV every day. I want them to think for themselves. I don't want them to listen to me.

Ive always been drawn to the ocean.

My mom and my real father divorced before I was one. My mom and my stepfather divorced when I was in high school. Then she fell in love with a guy, and the guy died. That was a rough time. She has handled adversity well. That's where I got my work ethic. So my mother's where I got my love of music, but my father's where I got my athletic ability. And my hair loss. And my love of women.

Me and my band and crew have always lived by the code: 'Work hard, play harder.'