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.

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

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.

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.

The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going to read what they want to into it.

Whether it is successful or not is not the exercise for me. It is not up to me. It is out of my hands now. I am not going to in two years have hindsight and say I made a big mistake.

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