If I write for myself, I write a song and I bring in the musicians that are best suited to play it. There's a freedom there.

Nashville may be famed for its country music, but this may well be the capital of rock and roll music in the United States of America.

It's a really special night for our fans. It's vindication.

Whenever anybody comes to me with a way that I can give something back, it would be ungrateful at this point in my life to not say yes.

To go from being an unpopular, chubby little kid who was chasing girls and couldn't seem to catch them, to being chased after and making sure I ran slow enough that I did get caught, it was 180 degree turn. It was being given the keys to the candy store.

Tooting my own horn is of no interest to me... it takes you away from real life. It's a waste, and I don't find a need to sing my own praises.

I tend to fly a bit under the radar.