The song [The White Trash Song] was not a put down of [ my country cousins ], but a celebration. I wrote that early on, as a teenager..

Fundamentally, if the league is going to have a no-tolerance policy for domestic abuse, if we're going to be a global organization that's going to ha….

When you're an elite athlete, it's a very special moment in time and you don't want it to end..

A running quarterback, to me, is safer. Because, once I got out [of the pocket], I didn?t run where there were a lot of people. I ran where there was….

I really wanted a guitar. As A little boy I used to tell people I was going to be a musician. They would humor me, and I'd make up thirty minute song….

Perception is reality. If you are perceived to be something, you might as well be it because that's the truth in people's minds..

James Burton was playing some pure roots stuff. Gram Parsons took an interest in that record [in '68-'69] and he admired it. I never had the concept ….

My dad, like any coach, has always stressed the fundamentals. He taught me responsibility, accountability, and the importance of hard work..

I will be a missionary in a remote village at some point..

Music saved my life a few times because I could play the stuff rednecks loved. They thought I was great and they wondered why I didn't do that all th….

Everything you do in life is up to you. Part of life is realizing you have much more potential and ability than you'd ever know, but it's up to you t….

I was a young folk singer, or wanted to be. I really wanted to be a New England folk singer, but they never would accept me. I was always hard to cat….

First of all, I wish everyone who loved football could stand in the quarterback's shoes just for a play, because I think it would be tremendously hum….

I always felt like hanging around the pocket was trouble, but the truth is, the great players take the beatings in the pocket and expose themselves -….

There are a lot of guys kind of on the bubble that can either be that sort who turn into journeyman kind of guys that will find a new spot or guys th….

My goal--and this is kind of my own little secret--but when I get married, just to head out and finish football and, and, and be a missionary around ….

All I cared about was the music, like hearing Townes [ Van Zandt] talking about "For the sake of the song"; it's all that mattered. In spite of me a ….

I saw all that [white trash] growing up in Alabama and Georgia. I had a group of country cousins and we'd go visit them when I was a kid. They lived ….

I may yet move [from Nashville], and where would I move if not Texas or New Mexico? I couldn't afford a home in California. I need to travel out of t….

I had admired Waylon [ Jennings], but I never expected to meet him and get to know him. When I finally moved to Nashville years later, one night I we….

No one can keep their word. Everyone's in hurry and jumping to the next opportunity. There's something missing..