There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.

There's a new hit rock group or singer every five minutes, but with country music, you have one hit and those people love you forever.

The Hall of Fame is forever, baby!

The first six years of my career, I got more comments on my weight than on my singing. So I think I became so self-conscious that I started working on it harder.

So sweep away the sand an' dry the ocean, an' just pack the moon an' stars up in a cardboard box. And stop the clouds from chimin', block the sun from shinin',an' paint the sky a deeper shade of blue, 'cause my world's over without you.

Well, I don't think everything necessarily that I touch turns to gold, but I think I get great joy out of it regardless of whether it is successful or not.

I do ballads that say what every man wants to say and that every woman wants to hear, or I do songs about social issues.