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

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

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-numbing to me.

Yes, the companionship is amazing. You know, you can get that physical attraction that happens is great, but then there's an awful lot of time and the rest of the day that you have to fill.

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

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

I do not like being famous. I like being normal.

A lot of people play to impress, but the really gifted ones play to move. That's the greatest point of ever doing this.

There ain't no future in the past.

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 contemporary slant on it too.

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

The irritating question they ask us -- us being writers -- is: "Where do you get your ideas?"

A lie has forgiveness. A deceive doesn't. The difference is in lying to protect and deceiving to harm.

There's time enough, but none to spare.

During the offseason, I go to the movies almost every day. You hear about women buying shoes? I buy DVDs. I definitely have a problem.

If you have a problem I find keeping it a secret makes it so much stronger.

Wealth brings a heavy purse; poverty, a light spirit.

The only time you're calm, you're centered, you're at peace, is when someone's trying to kill you. And that's just plain twisted.

It's kind of weird, because I look at myself as just a normal person. My friends get rejected all the time, so why shouldn't I? I don't think I'm anything special.

What is honored in a country will be cultivated there.

Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about about mission statements.