People get passionate about a song. It's been my experience if you put out radio candy, something commercial, it doesn't sell records.

You can raise her up a lady but there's one thing you just can't avoid.

There's a gratification that comes from performing in front of a live audience, and you can't replicate that with anything else. In the studio, the creation part of this business is fun. But, when you see the fans letting you know that they enjoy what you're doing, that's why I keep doing what I do.

I've never been trained as an actor. I'm no Phillip Seymour Hoffman or Johnny Depp.

Guitar playing is not my strong suit. I cut my finger off, working in an oil field, and it don't work anymore, so I'm limited as to what I can do on the guitar.

I only record songs that I really like and believe in and can sing with conviction.

New York City is a notoriously hard market to perform country music in.

Country music fans are the best everywhere and they've always made me feel like I'm at home, no matter what zip code I'm in. I just want to thank them from the bottom of my heart for blessing me with such an incredible career that I truly enjoy.