A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music. Three chords and the truth - that’s what a country song is. There is a lot of heartache in the world.

I use vaporizers a lot. It cuts down on the heat and the smoke. And for a singer that's not a bad idea.

I'm an old fashioned joint smoker ya know.

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

I started writing cheating songs when I was too young to have any idea what I was writing about - broken hearts and things like that. I just think it was something I already knew, something I had experienced in another lifetime.

Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them.

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