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

A lot of country music is sad.

Heard you told him that you'd love him 'til the end of time. Now that's the same thing that you told me.

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.

(Songwriting) It's a gift. It all comes from somewhere. I started out really young, when I was four, five, six, writing poems, before I could play an instrument. I was writing about things when I was eight or 10 years old that I hadn't lived long enough to experience.

If a song was ever good, it's still good.

I got in at 2 with a 10, and woke up at 10 with a 2.