I wouldn't have dared ask God for all that He's given me. I couldn't have done it on my own. I thank God every day for what I have.

I don't like to talk about things where you're going to gt one side or the other unhappy. My music has no politics.

We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween. Anything to be mean.

I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened.

Sometimes it's like you're a big pie settin' on the table, and everybody runs up and gets their piece of you. When it's over' the plate's empty.

If I found out some gal was trying to steal my guy, I'd want to give her a black eye! Instead, I wrote this song. At the time I was writing each song [on this album], you could figure out the frame of mind I was in by listening closely. With every song I've ever recorded, I'm in it. I wouldn't write about it if I wasn't in it.

My life has run from misery to happiness.