Don't blink. You just might miss your babies growing like mine did. Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your 'better half' Of fifty years is there in bed. And you're praying God takes you instead. Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you think So don't blink.

I do sing about drinking, but it's in a party way. I don't sing about drinking in a drowning-my-sorrows way, like in George Jones's "If Drinking Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)."

Everything gets hotter when the sun goes down.

I have 120 employees on the road every day, and about 30 other employees off the road.

I love living my life in flip-flops. I met a guy in the islands a while ago who told me he hadn't worn a pair of shoes in three years! I thought, 'Man, that's the life!'

I'm like a shark. I've got to be constantly moving.

I'm glad I took that time to work really hard on the music. I feel the effects of that now in a positive way with my connection with the audience.