My dad wanted me to play when I was a kid, so I learned to play the guitar. I pursued a career in music because I love it so much and I enjoy what it does to those who hear it.

You know, I think you have to sound right singing whatever it is that you sing.

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.

History will tell the story, America will always stand.

The teacher left her wisdom, in the minds of lots of children, and did her best to give them all a better start.

To me, country music tells a story about, and deals with, the way people live their lives and what they do.

It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you. It's what you leave behind you when you go.