Going through the grief period of my dad and losing him - that was the worst thing because you know when you get that call. When you are seven, eight years old, you have that almost vision in your mind of what that's going to be like and what your going to feel like and it doesn't prepare you.

Be your own teacher. Let life write your textbook.

You know, when you're an actor, you want to go to Hollywood. When you're a musician, you want to go to Nashville.

I love being a dad. I'd have more kids if I could. I'd take a couple more, one or two more before I croak.

You know, no matter what I am or what I do for a living, I'm still, you know, the husband and the dad and the protector of the house, and I have to be conscientious about that.

I've spent a lot of Thanksgivings on the road with my band, so anytime that I can spend Thanksgiving with my family in a traditional aspect, eating sweet potatoes and cranberries and stuffing and all the trappings of Thanksgiving and then get on a treadmill the next day extra long, I'm happy.

I taught myself how to play the guitar, so I basically learned by a system of making mistakes.