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.

I don't think I'm going to be priest material.

I'm easy like Sunday Morning.

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

Country music has always been about as close to R&B as you can possibly get. We're storytellers.

I just like people. I'll hold a conversation at a gas station. It's not about the fame and the fortune, I just like people.

Your kids can say some cruel things to you at times. For example, Nicole, Miles and Sofie are standing there in the room and I'm dressed to kill in my own mind. They'll say to me, 'Dad, you're not going out there looking like that are you?' If that doesn't kill a star, I don't know what does!