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 like it if people enjoy what I'm doing, but if they don't, I also like it. I sometimes really like aggravating people with what I do. I think it's good for them.

Keep it moving. Don't hoard. Money's no good, get rid of it. Turn it into people doing things. Turn it into jobs. Turn it into happiness...The more people I employ, the happier I am - that means my money's goin' into other people's lives, and if I can give 'em something to create that they can be happy with, that's great.

People don't normally change when things are going well. But I want to see what's next and keep moving. That keeps things fresh.

This time [2016] is very similar to the '60s, as far as I can tell.

Nothing is perfect in God's perfect plan.

There's a lot of frustration in trying to get music out when you're the only one who hears it, especially if you have something in your head that's not normal.