The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going to read what they w….

The devaluation of music and what it's now deemed to be worth is laughable to me. My single costs 99 cents. That's what a single cost in 1960. On my ….

You learn a whole lot more about a person if they have bad breaks and all those kind of things..

It would be fun to go back and see where all my songs stopped, because I think I'd have every number in the top 100. It never ceases to amaze me. It ….

It is not that I don't like contemporary country music because I do. I love it. I have recorded a lot and have had great success recording records th….

Music is like having a conversation. All musicians inspire each other, and they're all geared to play something that matters..

I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman..

When you ask a songwriter, "What's your favorite song?" he goes, "The next one.".

I would love to hear someone write a song like 'He Stopped Loving Her Today' rather than 'You're hot. I'm hot. We're in a truck.' It's just mind-numb….

I made records in the past that are as traditional as any other country records that have been made, but at the same time the records have a contempo….

There ain't no future in the past..

It really does take a lot of time to make records, to be in the studio and do all that stuff..

I don't chase what everyone else is looking for. Being creative is all about you..

Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character..

When I look back, I don't remember the best of the best. I don't remember arena shows with 20,000 people. I remember funky little bar gigs where nobo….

The real beauty of it - key to my life was playing key chords on a banjo. For somebody else it may be a golf club that mom and dad put in their hands….

I'm a musician, so for the most part I've always thought that the musicians were equally as inspiring to listen to - maybe more so, in some cases - i….

I've always been more drawn to being normal than being famous..

Through music you learn not to care about the color of someone's skin..

I've always felt like every note of a song is of equal value..

When you lose people that are close to you it brings everything into focus, and the rest kind of gets put on the back burner..