When I first started, I was really nervous. You could hear my voice quiver. So I started drinking a bit and that helped. A lot of entertainers have a few drinks before going onstage and don't overdo it. Me, it turned into a bigger habit. But I stopped that. I was getting older, and I was thinking about my kids. There's enough roadblocks out there without throwing in more yourself.

I try not to worry about other people's music. But if there's one thing that I hear these days, it's that people try and put [music] down so tight that they take all the color out of it.

The face that's in the mirror when I don't like what I see / I guess that's just the cowboy in me.

People get out of music what they want to get out of it, and all I try to do is do the same thing.

Carry on, carry on, what don't kill us makes us strong.

I may be a real bad boy, but baby I'm a real good man.

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