To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.

My songs speak for themselves. The musicians who play on them and the way they sound and where they were recorded and the way they were recorded is the old Nashville way ... they sound as country or more country than a lot of things that are on country radio.

I never knew a man could tell so many lies, he had a different story for every set of eyes. How can he remember who he's talking to?

I got religion in the airport, my Lord. They caught me waiting on my baggage when I was bored.

My dad passed away...and suddenly I found myself at the top of the tree and looking at the sky instead of at my mom and dad.

Wise it is to comprehend the whole.

I don't like to be labeled, to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it's counter-productive.