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

I'm proud of the fact that I'm at a point in my career that if I want to take a little bit of a left turn and make an album that is more hushed, more acoustic and more personal, that I can do it.

I'll admit I'm a workaholic.

When I'm offstage, I never feel famous. I will never let anybody call a restaurant and say, "We're with Kenny Chesney. Can you get us in?" That's so pretentious. I'm pretty simple except for the fact that I have a really great boat and a little bit of money. When I'm offstage I don't feel like the person everybody sees.

Just because I don't sing about the normal country themes doesn't mean my songs aren't country. I'd rather sing about having fun.

had no excuses for the things that we'd done, we were brave, we crazy, we were mostly young.

I didn't need more fame or money. I needed more heart.