I think you have to be a little bit strict. You can't be friend and their parent in a lot of situations, especially in this day and age where it's so dangerous for kids. So there's a bit of sternness, I guess, in the way I raise my kids.

I didn't want to play a rancher. I didn't want to have a cowboy hat on; I wanted to get away from that in the things I do. But I read the script and fell in love with it. As hard as I tried to say no, I couldn't.

When you touch and change peoples lives with a song, that's when you've made it as an artist

One of the most basic things we can do is let the men in our lives know it's not okay to mistreat a woman.

I'm coming up on 40 next year, and after making so many records and doing music for so long, I'm looking for a change and a different perspective. And every now and then, I think I have something I want to say.

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

Better than I was, more than I am. And all of this happened by taking your hand.