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I still cherish relationships that I made early on as much as anything in my life.
I'm the smart aleck. The class clown. I'm the guy who does the song nobody expects.
I think if you ignore the generation after yours, you will be obsolete very quickly.
It's crazy how loyal country fans are. I can't say enough how much that means to me.
I don't want to do risky. I want to do important. And lovable. Important and lovable.
Country music has become the music that best represents the reality of American life.
We learned that whether or not you support the war, you honor the soldiers that fight.
I changed my mindset and figured, Why not try to be really entertaining instrumentally?
Life isn't always black and white. You're not always sure you're right. At least I'm not.
I'm aware of the fact that a lot of talented people out there will never get this chance.
I've been ripping the Rolling Stones off with every song I write in some form or another.
I'm a last-minute shopper. I end up at the mall or somewhere on Christmas Eve. It's a shame.
When you're old-fashioned like I am, you know marriage is forever. Those vows are a promise.
I feel sort of really aware of how the... online cyber world has begun to take over reality.
Someday I'm gonna be famous. Do I have talent, well, no. These days you really don't need it.
It's interesting to hear what somebody does when they have no interest in playing by the rules.
My life would be very puzzling to most people if they had to follow me around for a day or two.
I can't play a solo without thinking about John Jorgenson. I always think about what he would do.
As long as you continue to have new songs, there's usually some new topic or something to present.
Alison Krauss is definitely my favorite singer that's ever lived. I've never heard anyone like her.
You look out there and there's people that, their day is changed because of your contribution to it.
As a guitar player, it's harder for me to impress somebody than it is to write a song that they like.
I imagine there's a market for total depression. I grew up on George Jones and that really dark stuff.
When you see Obama and Trump shake hands and seem to show respect to one another - that is what we need.
We're trying to do the thing you don't expect out of country music. Which is to say, 'Go see the world.'
If you make the mistake of looking back too much, you aren't focused enough on the road in front of you.
There are phrases that are totally cliche that we, as songwriters, owe it to ourselves to not use again.
My home town was really great to me. If you've ever watched 'The Andy Griffith Show,' it's like Mayberry.
If I get an idea for a song, I have a melody for it. I'm a musician first. I'm not limited by the fretboard.
I listen to the same things that a lot of my fans do, and I grew up in much the same way they're growing up.
When a single mom goes out on a date with somebody new. It always winds up feeling more like a job interview.
Can't wait to date a supermodel, can't wait to sue my Dad. Can't wait to wreck a Ferrari, on the way to rehab.
... there are a lot of shredders in country music - Redd Volkaert, Brent Mason, Dan Huff .. and guys like that
In the past, I tried to be more of a typical session guitarist. I wasn't so concerned with impressing anybody.
The only reason I wound up in Nashville and went to Belmont University is because that's where I needed to be.
I'm not a person you can figure out in one month. And you can't listen to one song and say, 'That's who he is.'
Anytime you're in West Virginia or near it, and you sing, 'Take Me Home, Country Roads,' it's a sight to behold.
I wanted to be Buck Owens and Bill Anderson and Roger Miller. With a higher-resolution video screen. And lasers.
I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go.
She's not perfect, but she tries so hard for me. And I thank God, that she isn't, cause how boring that would be.
My father's a firefighter. He was my whole life. And my brother-in-law and several family members are firefighters.
When I got married, I hired a great choir - the St. James Choir, an all-black gospel choir - to sing at my wedding.
When you discuss racism, it's almost a no-win scenario - but I don't think that means we shouldn't be discussing it.
I get to cry to Barbara Walters, when things don't go my way. I'll get community service no matter which laws I break.
I have a very down-to-earth father. My wife is an actress and famous herself is more down-to-earth than anyone I know.
The artists who stick around for a while are the ones who go, 'Oh, that's cool, never thought of that. Ought to do that.'
If you fall in love with somebody, then you're not even worried about your bills. Love can take your mind off of anything.
I don't think you can get everything based on who you know, but you can't get anything until you do know the right people.
You can't kill it with goodbye; It always finds a place to hide inside your heart for your whole life. Love is never-ending.
I have two little boys, and I want them to feel like this is the nation that I know. That this is the nation that isn't petty.