I grew up in southeastern Oklahoma on a working cattle ranch, and it was always very romantic to me: The West, the cowboy, the Western way of life.

I might have been born just plain white trash / but Fancy was my name.

You don't waste your entire life waiting to go back to dust.

It's very important to surround yourself with people you can learn from.

I've never turned my back on country music.

Michael Phelps and Willie Nelson are teaming up to do an album. ... They're covering The Doobie Brothers.

I don’t think there's ever been a point in my career where I've said, 'I've made it.' What does that mean, 'I've made it?' Made it to what? If you say, 'I've made it.' then are you finished? I don't want to be finished. I don't want to quit.