The whole house came up and I came up with it... I was just praying to the Lord to take care of me.

How would you like to bite that in the ass, develop lock jaw and be dragged to death?

I been a long time leaving but I'm going to be a long time gone.

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.

Well the country songs themselves are three-chord stories, ballads which are mostly sad. If you are already feeling sorry for yourself when you listen to them they will take you to an even sadder place.

One thing I learned is that the mind, rather than being the master, should be the servant of the heart.

I never pretended to have a great voice. It works and I can carry a tune. If you have a good song, that's about all that's required.