On a scale of the United States, the Hollywood influence on what comes out, that's not the majority views of across the country. What we read in Us Weekly or People magazine, or Entertainment Tonight, it's not what the majority of the country is thinking.

I've been to your mountains, I've been to your sea-side, and everywhere I went somebody's wanted a free ride.

I know every Skynyrd and about all Johnny Cash songs.

I think what I've learned out of this lifetime is you should be proud of where you come from.

If you had told me when I was starting out that I would be coming down to Nashville, kind of weaving in and out of the country scene, I never would've thought that in a million years.

These poor kids in Baghdad have no running water, no showers. They wipe with baby wipes. My heart goes out to them.

I'm no saint but I do believe in what is right.