I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad.

If I started drinking again, there would be a lot of people bringing me pot because I can't handle alcohol. I just am not a good drinker. I get a little alcohol in me and I start trying to change the world, and that's not good. A lot of people are the same way. So that's why I don't drink anymore.

When I'm driving the highway by myself is when I write best.

My fans are very forgiving. So are my wives and my kids.

I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?

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.

I think innately knew that music draws people together and that good music is liked by almost everybody.