When they talk about music getting in your blood, I understand exactly what they're talking about, because that is me.

Bluegrass is really a big part of my background.

Just because I'm country music don't mean I don't have a little bit a' soul down in there somewhere.

I need one good honky tonk angel to turn my life around.

When they talk about music getting in your blood, I understand exactly what they're talking about, because that is me.

I simply find that as a songwriter, my goal is to try to move people. And I feel that before I can move other people, I have to genuinely be able to move myself.

People look at you, and they've got just the perfect little box for you, the perfect category. Call you a redneck. Call you a hillbilly. Like those were insults.