I didn't have the self-promotion instinct, and I just didn't care about it. I sort of had a "beat" attitude.

I didn't have the self-promotion instinct, and I just didn't care about it. I sort of had a "beat" attitude.

No one can keep their word. Everyone's in hurry and jumping to the next opportunity. There's something missing.

I always had a hard time with Nashville. I reluctantly live there. I've mellowed, and it's improved some, in the fact it has more immigrants. There's some real Mexicans there, some folks from India, some of this and that. I'm not satisfied at all with living there. It's a dilemma for me.

When you're an elite athlete, it's a very special moment in time and you don't want it to end.

Music saved my life a few times because I could play the stuff rednecks loved. They thought I was great and they wondered why I didn't do that all the time.

The principle is competing against yourself.