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That's one of my pet peeves. People always want to put something into a category - this one or that one. You know, a great song is a great song.

Everybody's got problems, and if you're gonna leave somebody because they have problems, you're gonna be alone for a long time.

I've been a Robert Randolph fan forever, since 2001. I just thought he was so cool; you don't see a black kid playing the slide the way he plays. No one plays like Robert.

It's always a positive when radio is playing your music and fans are responding.

I played every position, from right tackle to quarterback and everything in between.

No doubt about it, country is a much more family-friendly business than pop.

There are so many people who would like to see me not make it in Nashville. But that's good motivation.

I pay almost no attention to the charts.

Everything that I do on stage comes from seeing the Black Crowes in '95 in Charlotte. For 'Let Her Cry,' I was just trying to write 'She Talks to Angels.'

I'd work with Charles Kelley anytime. I'd go do a 'Pancho and Lefty' record with Charles. He is class, man.

People looked at me as a carpetbagger coming over from pop to country. But it helped because it got me in the room.

The worst thing for me when I go to a concert is a whole bunch of ballads. You get bored.

There's a lot of stuff I thought I'd do in the world, but I never thought I'd have a street named after me in my hometown. It's a great feeling.

There's nothing like sitting and watching the Masters on TV.

It's hokey, but I love sitting in an inner tube and taking it easy on a lazy river ride. I can sit there all day.

For me, the Mount Rushmore of greats would be Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Hulk Hogan, Bruno Sammartino or Lou Thesz. You can do either one of them in that fourth spot. But I think Ric Flair is the greatest of all time. He's the greatest I've ever seen... on the mic and in the ring.

Getting people to come play my 'Darius and Friends Show' was so easy because it's for St. Jude, and that's a great thing.

The other guys in Hootie were into rock. I brought the country influence.

Hearing Radney Foster was big for me, like hearing Al Green or R.E.M. for the first time.

I've played golf since I was fourteen. I like how no two rounds are ever the same. And I get to be out in nature... and hang out with my buddies.

One of the great reasons to be in Nashville is, you get guys like Shane McAnally to write songs with.