Grandpappy told my pappy, back in my day son, a man had to answer for the wicked he done. Take all the rope in Texas, find a tall oak tree, round up all the bad boys, and hang them in the streets for all the people to see.

When I go in and vote, I vote for the person I think will get the job done.I don't vote right-left.

There's something I'm afraid to say to you too early, but I'd be a fool to wait too late.

It is my duty to be a father to my kids.

Writing songs and looking for ideas is like blinking my eyes. It's an involuntary muscle. I do it without thought.

Where did I surrender, can you tell me how and when. I'm the one who's always in control. Leading with my heart like there is nothing to defend as I lay it all out on the line body and soul. I've never let another in so soon.

If I hear a conversation and somebody says something intriguing, my first thought is, Is that a song? I write all year long, and at the end of the year I pull these forty or fifty things out and say which of these things do I want to record.