I never listened to country music growing up.

My father, Fred Carter, Jr., is definitely an extraordinaire.

I toured in Europe first, before I did any touring in the U.S. It was with Jimmy Nail and others.

The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless.

I'm a big fan of '70s records where artists could draw on whatever influences they wanted.

My relationship with Music Row has always been, from my end, optimistic and hopeful that there is more than one way to approach the writing, recording, and marketing of an album.

I never excluded any genre on my first record.

No matter what you do for a living all we have is music to get through certain situations.

If heartaches and tears and shadows of doubt are part of the deal you can count me out but if your talking about a game I can win You can count me in

Once you get away from where you're from, you look at it in a different way.

I also love real estate and decorating.

People are always complaining that life's not fair, but that simply isn't true. Life is extraordinarily fair. It's just not centered on you.

Too much power is never a good thing. It corrupts even the strongest.

I don't envy anybody trying to start a career right. There really is no music business left, in a lot of ways.

You realise Group Captain that this might be the most important weather forecast in history?

Creativity is a great motivator because it mades people interested in what they are doing.

Mum's a worrier, she looked after everybody apart from herself - I think it runs in the family.

A sad figure (Bush) ' not too well educated, who doesn't get out of America much. He's leading the country towards Fascism.

I feel very privileged that I get to spend my life telling stories that mean something to people.

Just a moment ago nature put on one of its most spectacular demonstrations.

I think that looking forward it's easy to imagine more constructive help for Haiti.