I was in church a little bit as a very young kid, but, as they say in the South, 'it didnt take.' None of it took with me.

I never thought I'd be a good influence on anybody with anything I did or said or sang.

The peak of a career can only last so long. You go up and you try to maintain it. But, it can only last so long and then you're going to go down.

I love finding songs, going through them, tearing them apart, and seeing if I can find anything wrong with them.

I never thought of having platinum albums and winning awards. I just wanted to write songs and sing when I started out in the music business.

I'm happy riding horses and getting out shooting my gun, things like that.

There's a constant contradiction between what feels good and what feels right. But you live with decisions that you make in your life.