My first love, you're every breath that I take, you're every step I make

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

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 will we ever learn, there's nowhere else we can turn.

Forget about 40 years in show business. Just surviving 27 years of Nicole Richie is enough.

I am a country boy and proud of it.

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.