I always like story songs, Dolly Parton, Tom T. Hall, Mel Tillis, Red Stegall, when they'd do their story songs. I was totally enthralled.
I've got CDs in my car, listening all the time for that next song, because everybody's looking.
Thou shalt not whine' should be the eleventh commandment.
It's very important to surround yourself with people you can learn from.
Make sure you're always giving, way more than you're taking
Everything I've done in my career is a result of growing up in rural Oklahoma, because if I hadn't had the training from Mama and Daddy to work hard, to do what I'm told, to take directions, to mind and to do a good job at anything I set out to do, then I wouldn't be where I am today.