I learned some invaluable lessons in Nashville that apply to both farming and show business: Do not corner something you know is meaner than you; keep skunks of all kinds at a distance; if you forgive your enemies, it messes up their heads.

I got along without you before I met you and I'll get along without you a long time after you're gone.

A lot of country music is sad.

If you've made your own hell, then only you have the power to escape it.

I think I'm basically the same guy I always was. Maybe I've learned, through experience, to rein in some of the anger and temper they say redheads normally have.

There's a great enthusiasm for good country music all over the world.

Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.