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.

People get passionate about a song. It's been my experience if you put out radio candy, something commercial, it doesn't sell records.

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.

New York City is a notoriously hard market to perform country music in.

Guitar playing is not my strong suit. I cut my finger off, working in an oil field, and it don't work anymore, so I'm limited as to what I can do on the guitar.

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

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