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.

The real beauty of it - key to my life was playing key chords on a banjo. For somebody else it may be a golf club that mom and dad put in their hands or a baseball or ballet lessons. Real gift to give to me and put it in writing.

I am not struggling. What I do, it is what I do.

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

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.

The real amazing thing about all of this is I think I've maintained the mentality of a musician throughout it all, which I'm proudest of. And I'm still playing on people's records and singing on people's records.

Through music you learn not to care about the color of someone's skin.