I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman.

I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman.

Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

I never aspired to be up front. When I was a kid, I didn't ever look in the mirror with a hairbrush going, "Hey, I'm Elvis!"

I made records in the past that are as traditional as any other country records that have been made, but at the same time the records have a contemporary slant on it too.

It is not that I don't like contemporary country music because I do. I love it. I have recorded a lot and have had great success recording records that have not been very traditional country records.

Everything I've done feels like I'm just as much a part of it as if I was the producer. It's still the same job: all of us together figuring out the common good for a song. That's the only thing that matters. It's not like, "I'm the boss, and I'm gonna tell you what to play."