Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it.

I am a country boy and proud of it.

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.

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

Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it.

The music business was not safe, but it was FUN. It was like falling in love with a woman you know is bad for you, but you love every minute with her, anyway.

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.