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.

I've always been the high harmony singer. It's never my job to know the verses! But I know the chorus of every song ever made.

You learn a whole lot more about a person if they have bad breaks and all those kind of things.

Music is like having a conversation. All musicians inspire each other, and they're all geared to play something that matters.

Whether I'm making my own record, or playing a guitar part, I want what I do to have an impact.

When you ask a songwriter, "What's your favorite song?" he goes, "The next one."

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.