So much of my career has been about saying things the way people say them, using melodies not that I can sing but that the people can sing.

Let the music play on would be my legacy.

The best compliment that has ever been given to me was, I was at the airport one day and a guy came in and said, 'Lionel, my wife loves you, the kids love you, my mother-in-law loves you, the family loves you.

I find the greatest songs in the world come out of pain, and I don't like it! Here's what it does: It strips away all of your facade. It makes you so honest. It's cleansing.

Country is bringing in a little rock element... a little '80s element. Melody is king now. But its just in the music, its not so much in the songwriting, which is still very basic to the storytelling aspect of it.

I'm a songwriter, and people will tell you the greatest stories about their lives, whether you want to hear it or not.

I find myself going out on the road to get my confidence back, because I lose it at home.