Whether I'm making my own record, or playing a guitar part, I want what I do to have an impact.

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.

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

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.

As when, O lady mine, With chiselled touchThe stone unhewn and coldBecomes a living mould, The more the marble wastes, The more the statue grows.

Man was big enough to kill himself, thanks. No gods need apply.

Justice is a concept. Muscle is the reality.

Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes in a day.

There should be a worldwide law, in my opinion, that mothers should breastfeed their babies for six months.

A beautiful product that doesn't work very well is ugly.

If something is worth doing, it's worth overdoing.

One of my favorite artists on Deviantart.

The NEA is a terrorist organization.

It has been said that the sin of ingratitude is more serious than the sin of revenge. With revenge, we return evil for evil, but with ingratitude, we return evil for good.