Part of it is, I think, just to let people know you've got a record out there and that you're still alive requires more work than it used to, because the traditional radio, bug chains of record stores, all of that, that doesn't exist anymore.

I love baseball. I'll probably end up one of those old farts who go to spring training in Florida every year and drive from game to game all day.

We're Americans. I don't consider us to be evil, I just don't think we know any better. We're a really young culture. We're hillbillies, and the rest of the world sees us that way. I travel all over the world, and probably the only worse rednecks than us are the Australians. And they're an even younger country.

Every day on Earth is another chance to get it right.

I'm not a racist, but I do have to work at not being a racist, because of where I grew up.

People can try to make me into anything they want, but I think they're really throwing around language but saying the same thing.

I'm not going to waste a second feeling sorry for myself because I'm not a bigger star than I am. I can walk down the street in most places in the world and I still drive really nice cars.