We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.

As long as there's a few farmers out there, we'll keep fighting for them.

We are the same. There is no difference anywhere in the world. People are people. They laugh, cry, feel, and love, and music seems to be the commons denomination that brings us all together. Music cuts through all boundaries and goes right to the soul.

Anybody can be unhappy. We can all be hurt. You don't have to be poor to need something or somebody. Rednecks, hippies, misfits - we're all the same. Gay or straight? So what? It doesn't matter to me. We have to be concerned about other people, regardless.

I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke down borders and showed the similarities between country music and R&B.

I'm from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there's no one in control.