Lionel Richie, love song, OK, thank you very much, good-bye. And all of a sudden I realized that, in my career, what has made my career has always been the surprises.

All artists are egotistical maniacs with inferiority complexes.

Growing up with country, R&B, gospel, and classical music from my grandmother and pop, Tuskegee was the perfect melting pot for my influences as a writer.

My earliest memories of country music are the Grand Ole Opry.

Forget about 40 years in show business. Just surviving 27 years of Nicole Richie is enough.

I am a country boy and proud of it.

Exactly when people are in turmoil is the time that the entertainment business has always been at its best. Because people don't want to be reminded every day that they are under siege, or that they're not having a great time of life.