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.

I grew up in east Tennessee, and everybody knew everybody's business.

I remember making up songs in my head.

I'm a big sports history buff. I love sports.

I think that in the last four or five years I've constantly struggled with the balance in my life.

Music's my medication.

I love the fact that I can go out there on stage with a guitar and sing a song that means something to somebody.