Don't be afraid to give up the good for the great.

It’s not all wet towels and naked women. I was so disappointed to learn that.

I still like going on the road and performing, but it’s getting tougher. I try to have my wife and the twins with me but it’s getting harder and harder for them. They need to be in a home environment and not traveling with me.

I’m much more comfortable singing than talking.

There’s a new hit rock group or singer every five minutes, but with country music, you have one hit and those people love you forever.

You know, I’ve always said, I’ve never felt I was a particularly good singer, but I’ve always thought I had a great knack for picking hit songs.

Well, I don’t think everything necessarily that I touch turns to gold, but I think I get great joy out of it regardless of whether it is successful or not.

My mom loved to sing – and I’ll go on record and say she was the worst singer ever. I’d get up and move away from her!

You know, when you’re poor and you have a bunch of kids in your family, you don’t know that everybody’s not poor.

Radio is aimed at the 30-year-old market, so you have to have great music and appeal to get that age group. And you need a record company to believe in you. It’s like a bit of the perfect storm.