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

I just had to find all my friends that used to be in the business. As I say, the music business didn't die, it just moved to Nashville.

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

It's quite interesting that in my growing up I had several influences. We had gospel music on campus. R&B music was, of course, the community, and radio was country music. So I can kind of see where all the influences came from.

When your past calls, don't answer. It has nothing new to say.

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.

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