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!

All artists are egotistical maniacs with inferiority complexes.

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.

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

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

People have allowed me into their homes, through my words and my music.

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