The one who actually decided that I should keep my name was my manager, Erv Woolsey.

I think you can have moderate success by copying something else, but if you really want to knock it out of the park, you have to do something different and take chances.

The satisfaction comes because you work hard and it pays off. It is not as glamorous as I thought it would be, but, you know, I appreciate it more than I ever knew I would, and I love it more than I ever knew I would.

I came to town thinking that everybody had the same idea of what country music was that I did.

Nominations come and go. It is not going to happen to you every year, and I am very well aware of that

So it's more the musician in me that makes me stretch out and try different things more than anything. But, like a lot of guitar players, I have one certain niche that's my thing that I'm better at than the others

I think it is very important in this business to be an individual