Critics who attack my wife bug me. It makes me want to pay 'em a visit so I could give 'em a good punch in the nose.

Like I say, I'm always writing and if something sticks, it sticks. I get to write with great songwriters in town. Lori McKenna is one of my all-time favorite singer-songwriters who's ever walked the planet. I get to write with her. The Warren Brothers are friends of mine and I write with them all the time. Lance Miller is a great songwriter. Tom Douglas - you can't get any better than that. I write a lot of stuff but it's got to stick.

Down to my last dime and coming apart at the seams. I'm messed up in Mexico, living on refried dreams.

I think there are more people waiting to forgive me than I need to forgive them.

We're parents first, and once you have kids, everybody knows that you have priority lists. Number one is your family and everything else just kind of finds its place.

What are you doing son, you're gonna drive yourself insane. You'll never find the sunshine, when you're following the rain.

Man, I didn't think I stood a chance. I mean, she was way out of my league.she still is.