Nothing positive at all in my life came from my marriage, I can tell you that.

I think there is a part of life that I'm missing.

We leaned on family, church, school, friends and sports. That's basically all we had. All those things really shaped my life and shaped me musically. It's why I write the way I do.

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

An important mentor for me, in terms of teaching me that there's a right way and a wrong way to do things, was probably my football coach. And playing football was one of the first times in my life that I realized nothing is given to you. You have to work really hard.

I have never said a negative thing about anybody, even when the whole world was saying I was gay because Renée Zellweger cited fraud.

One word, that's all you said and something in your voice caused me to turn my head. Your smile just captured me.