Anytime you get out of your comfort zone and you have to do something that you're not comfortable doing and that you're not real sure of yourself in, there's an exhilaration that comes along with that. I get off on it, so that's why I enjoy making movies.

If I feel like doing something, I do it. If I feel like saying something, I say it. If I feel like dancing, I do. If I don't, I don't.

I love playing the CMA Music Festival each year because it's one of the very best audiences you could hope for. It's one of the places you can perform where you know everyone there is a big Country Music fan.

I only record songs that I really like and believe in and can sing with conviction.

I've never been trained as an actor. I'm no Phillip Seymour Hoffman or Johnny Depp.

I have always loved Waffle House. It's been like an oasis in the desert many times late at night after one of my concerts.

You can raise her up a lady but there's one thing you just can't avoid.