All I do is play music and golf - which one do you want me to give up?

A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music. Three chords and the truth - that’s what a country song is. There is a lot of heartache in the world.

Waylon Jennings and I had a lot of fun recording together.

Gatewood Galbraith was a good friend, and a tireless advocate for the repeal of the ridiculous ban on hemp & marijuana. His book ‘The Last Free Man Standing’ says it all.

Be careful what you dream: soon your dreams will be dreaming you.

The first time I got onstage was when I was about 5 years old. It was at a church social, and I had a poem to recite.

Where I grew up, Bob Wills and his western swing was very popular. And western swing is not that far from jazz and blues.