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.

I totally have no other talent and I would be totally out of work if I did anything else.

Listen to your own voice. Don't listen to someone else's. To me the way to live is to always move forward - to keep searching for whatever it is that interests you.

I'm not the same as I was long ago, I've learned some new things and I hope that it shows.

I don't like war. I particularly don't like the celebration of war, which I think the administration is a little bit guilty of.

I see country music, I see people who take care of their own. You've got 75 year-old guys on the road. That's what I was put here to do, y'know, so I wanna make sure I surround myself with people who are gonna take care of me. 'Cause I'm in it for the long run.

People who agree with you already agree with you -- you don't change peoples minds.