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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Simplicity is the key to what I do.

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.