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.

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.

When I'm onstage I just want to feel as comfortable as I possibly can.

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

Keg in the closet pizza on the floor left over from the night before, where we were going we didn't really care. We had all we ever wanted in that keg in the closet.

He had a voice that was the truth, raw and unfiltered. You can't get any realer, any more tortured or any more alive. No one can do what George Jones does, and that's why 50 years later, he still stands out as one of the greatest singers in any genre of all time.

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.