I admit I was drinking a Guinness... but I did not swallow.

If Raymond Chandler came from the South, his name would be Ace Atkins.

My plan is to bring back like the Bracero Program from 1944 that ran for 20 years where the Mexican government vets these people. I mean, they pay for it, and they get green cards, and they're actually legitimate. And then seal the border.

Musicians can run this state better than politicians. We won't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'll work late and be honest.

I came from an upper-middle class home, which is always a hard cross for a country singer to bear.

Students don't know who Mark Twain was because he wasn't on the test.

I'm going to lower the drinking age to eighteen. If you're old enough to die in Iraq, you're old enough to drink.