This is just strictly me wanting to make a record that is the real deal. It is all the stuff that I have learned and know that I remember. It's what I perceive as country music is about.

I'm the guy who loves being in the supporting cast.

It really does take a lot of time to make records, to be in the studio and do all that stuff.

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

I don't want to impress somebody, I want to move somebody. Say the most with the least.

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

It is not fun singing about losing somebody like that, but at the same time it was easy to write because the memories were so real and vivid and so much a part of who I am.