I like myself better when I'm writing regularly. ... I was influenced a lot by those around me-there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields. ... I'm a country songwriter and we write cry-in-your-beer songs. That's what we do. Something that you can slow dance to...I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad. ... Most of the stuff I've read about me has been true.

As far as advice goes, an ex-father in law of mine once gave me the best advice I ever heard. He said, "Take my advice and do what you want to." So with that, go on.

You can't make a record if you ain't got nothin' to say.

If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.

Well, it's a Bloody Mary morning, my baby left without warning.

I see this [biodiesel] as a way for the farmer to grow fuel and food and put him back in business again

Freedom is control in your own life.