I think in some ways - only in some ways - but in some ways, rock and roll has let me down. It really doesn't leave you a way to grow old gracefully and continue to work.

Some people put down all presidents. If you say anything good about any of them, they think you're supporting everything they do.

It's the way I like to work for these kinds of songs [like "Peace Trail"]. It was the right time of the month; everything was looking good.

Long, flat expanses of professionalism bother me. I'd rather have a band that could explode at any time.

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.

On one side the government, the other side the mob.

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.