There were [in 21] all those times in my life that I didn't know this was going to happen. I didn't know if anybody was going to care about our music..

When I'm a ship tossed around on the waves, Up on a highwire that's ready to break. When I've had just about all I can take, baby you save me.

I'm a loving drunk. I get sentimental. "I love you guys." I drunk-dial a lot..

Don't blink. You just might miss your babies growing like mine did. Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your 'better half' Of fifty years ….

I love you baby goodnight. There goes my life.

It was satisfying to take a risk and see it pay off..

I wasn't a great student, C average. I was pretty shy, but I drank a lot of beer..

The thing that I love, especially after sound check, is when I'm in that stadium alone. It's complete silence. I love that..

I'm a big sports history buff. I love sports..

I'm glad I took that time to work really hard on the music. I feel the effects of that now in a positive way with my connection with the audience..

Before, I was more concerned with getting on the radio, like many young artists..

One thing that I learned that helped me deal with human behavior is confrontation, and I'm not that great with confrontation at all. But once I start….

Music's supposed to come from the heart. I felt like that if it ever got mechanical, I was going to back away from it..

Record labels today are much less patient: Artists have a bad record, and they're gone..

I needed to be pushed as an artist and as a person..

It's very hard for me to relax..

We don't have to miss each other, come over We don't have to fix each other, come over We don't have to say forever, come over You don't have to s….

Her little ring is a little thing, but its all I could afford Now she's mine, all mine till the day I die, and I never wanted nothin' more.

Everything gets hotter when the sun goes down..

Just because I don't sing about the normal country themes doesn't mean my songs aren't country. I'd rather sing about having fun..

[Music] is the one thing that connects the dots in all kinds of ways. No matter how you were brought up, no matter what your religious background or ….